JavaScript: Closures

Learn what closures are and how to use them in JavaScript. Review the building blocks of closures and discover what closures look like in code.

Introduction

• Using closures in JavaScript
• What you should know
• Environment setup and exercise files

1. Building Blocks of Closures

• Local and global scope
• Nesting functions
• Return a value from an inner function
• Create parallel closures

2. Creating and Using Closures

• Implement the module pattern
• Avoid unintended closures
• Use JS features in place of closures

Conclusion

• Continuing to learn closures