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Peter Donaghy
3,875 Pointsvar, let or const?
Is there a reason we use var here rather than let or const?
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Steven Parker
230,688 PointsThis course was released in 2014, before "let" and "const" were officially part of the language. If it were being recorded today this video would likely use "const" instead.
However, that said, I still personally like to use "var" for global variables (such as in this example) to distinguish them from those in a more limited scope.
Common reasons for choosing "var" in modern code have to do with the differences in the way it handles scope and hoisting. For more details, see these MDN pages on let and var.
Peter Donaghy
3,875 PointsPeter Donaghy
3,875 PointsOk great, thanks for the reply.