3/1/24, 2:01 PM JavaScript Cheat Sheet & Quick Reference

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JavaScript
A JavaScript cheat sheet with the most important concepts, functions, methods, and more. A
complete quick reference for beginners.

# Getting Started
Introduction

JavaScript is a lightweight, interpreted programming language.

JSON cheatsheet ([Link])

Regex in JavaScript ([Link])

Console

// => Hello world!

[Link]('Hello world!');

// => Hello [Link]

[Link]('hello %s', '[Link]');

// Prints error message to stderr

[Link](new Error('Oops!'));

Numbers

let amount = 6;
let price = 4.99;

Variables

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let x = null;
let name = "Tammy";
const found = false;

// => Tammy, false, null

[Link](name, found, x);

var a;
Strings

let single = 'Wheres my bandit hat?';

let double = "Wheres my bandit hat?";

// => 21
[Link]([Link]);

Arithmetic Operators

5 + 5 = 10 // Addition
10 - 5 = 5 // Subtraction
5 * 10 = 50 // Multiplication
10 / 5 = 2 // Division
10 % 5 = 0 // Modulo

Comments

// This line will denote a comment

/*
The below configuration must be
changed before deployment.
*/

Assignment Operators

let number = 100;

// Both statements will add 10

number = number + 10;
number += 10;

[Link](number);
// => 120

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String Interpolation

let age = 7;

// String concatenation
'Tommy is ' + age + ' years old.';

// String interpolation
`Tommy is ${age} years old.`;

let Keyword

let count;
[Link](count); // => undefined
count = 10;
[Link](count); // => 10

const Keyword

const numberOfColumns = 4;

// TypeError: Assignment to constant...

numberOfColumns = 8;

# JavaScript Conditionals
if Statement

const isMailSent = true;

if (isMailSent) {
[Link]('Mail sent to recipient');
}

Ternary Operator

var x=1;

// => true
result = (x == 1) ? true : false;

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Operators

true || false; // true

10 > 5 || 10 > 20; // true
false || false; // false
10 > 100 || 10 > 20; // false

Logical Operator &&

true && true; // true

1 > 2 && 2 > 1; // false
true && false; // false
4 === 4 && 3 > 1; // true

Comparison Operators

1 > 3 // false
3 > 1 // true
250 >= 250 // true
1 === 1 // true
1 === 2 // false
1 === '1' // false

Logical Operator !

let lateToWork = true;

let oppositeValue = !lateToWork;

// => false
[Link](oppositeValue);

Nullish coalescing operator ??

null ?? 'I win'; // 'I win'

undefined ?? 'Me too'; // 'Me too'

false ?? 'I lose' // false

0 ?? 'I lose again' // 0
'' ?? 'Damn it' // ''

else if

const size = 10;

if (size > 100) {

[Link]('Big');
} else if (size > 20) {

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[Link]('Medium');
} else if (size > 4) {
[Link]('Small');
} else {
[Link]('Tiny');
}
// Print: Small

switch Statement

const food = 'salad';

switch (food) {
case 'oyster':
[Link]('The taste of the sea');
break;
case 'pizza':
[Link]('A delicious pie');
break;
default:
[Link]('Enjoy your meal');
}

== vs ===

0 == false // true
0 === false // false, different type
1 == "1" // true, automatic type conversion
1 === "1" // false, different type
null == undefined // true
null === undefined // false
'0' == false // true
'0' === false // false

The == just check the value, === check both the value and the type.

# JavaScript Functions
Functions

// Defining the function:

function sum(num1, num2) {
return num1 + num2;

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// Calling the function:

sum(3, 6); // 9

Anonymous Functions

// Named function
function rocketToMars() {
return 'BOOM!';
}

// Anonymous function
const rocketToMars = function() {
return 'BOOM!';
}

Arrow Functions (ES6)

With two arguments

const sum = (param1, param2) => {

return param1 + param2;
};
[Link](sum(2,5)); // => 7

With no arguments

const printHello = () => {

[Link]('hello');
};
printHello(); // => hello

With a single argument

const checkWeight = weight => {

[Link](`Weight : ${weight}`);
};
checkWeight(25); // => Weight : 25

Concise arrow functions

const multiply = (a, b) => a * b;

// => 60
[Link](multiply(2, 30));

Arrow function available starting ES2015

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return Keyword

// With return
function sum(num1, num2) {
return num1 + num2;
}

// The function doesn't output the sum

function sum(num1, num2) {
num1 + num2;
}

Calling Functions

// Defining the function

function sum(num1, num2) {
return num1 + num2;
}

// Calling the function

sum(2, 4); // 6

Function Expressions

const dog = function() {

return 'Woof!';
}

Function Parameters

// The parameter is name

function sayHello(name) {
return `Hello, ${name}!`;
}

Function Declaration

function add(num1, num2) {

return num1 + num2;
}

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# JavaScript Scope
Scope

function myFunction() {

var pizzaName = "Margarita";

// Code here can use pizzaName

// Code here can't use pizzaName

Block Scoped Variables

const isLoggedIn = true;

if (isLoggedIn == true) {
const statusMessage = 'Logged in.';
}

// Uncaught ReferenceError...
[Link](statusMessage);

Global Variables

// Variable declared globally

const color = 'blue';

function printColor() {
[Link](color);
}

printColor(); // => blue

let vs var

for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) {

✔️
// This is the Max Scope for 'let'
// i accessible

❌
}
// i not accessible

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✔️
for (var i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
// i accessible

✔️
}
// i accessible

var is scoped to the nearest function block, and let is scoped to the nearest enclosing block.

Loops with closures

// Prints 3 thrice, not what we meant.

for (var i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
setTimeout(_ => [Link](i), 10);
}

// Prints 0, 1 and 2, as expected.

for (let j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
setTimeout(_ => [Link](j), 10);
}

The variable has its own copy using let, and the variable has shared copy using var.

# JavaScript Arrays
Arrays

const fruits = ["apple", "orange", "banana"];

// Different data types

const data = [1, 'chicken', false];

Property .length

const numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4];

[Link] // 4

Index

// Accessing an array element

const myArray = [100, 200, 300];

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[Link](myArray[0]); // 100
[Link](myArray[1]); // 200

Mutable chart

add remove start end

push ✔ ✔
pop ✔ ✔
unshift ✔ ✔
shift ✔ ✔
Method .push()

// Adding a single element:

const cart = ['apple', 'orange'];
[Link]('pear');

// Adding multiple elements:

const numbers = [1, 2];
[Link](3, 4, 5);

Add items to the end and returns the new array length.

Method .pop()

const fruits = ["apple", "orange", "banana"];

const fruit = [Link](); // 'banana'

[Link](fruits); // ["apple", "orange"]

Remove an item from the end and returns the removed item.

Method .shift()

let cats = ['Bob', 'Willy', 'Mini'];

[Link](); // ['Willy', 'Mini']

Remove an item from the beginning and returns the removed item.

Method .unshift()

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let cats = ['Bob'];

// => ['Willy', 'Bob']

[Link]('Willy');

// => ['Puff', 'George', 'Willy', 'Bob']

[Link]('Puff', 'George');

Method .concat()

const numbers = [3, 2, 1]

const newFirstNumber = 4

// => [ 4, 3, 2, 1 ]
[newFirstNumber].concat(numbers)

// => [ 3, 2, 1, 4 ]
[Link](newFirstNumber)

if you want to avoid mutating your original array, you can use concat.

# JavaScript Loops
While Loop

while (condition) {
// code block to be executed
}

let i = 0;
while (i < 5) {
[Link](i);
i++;
}

Reverse Loop

const fruits = ["apple", "orange", "banana"];

for (let i = [Link] - 1; i >= 0; i--) {

[Link](`${i}. ${fruits[i]}`);

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// => 2. banana
// => 1. orange
// => 0. apple

Do…While Statement

x = 0
i = 0

do {
x = x + i;
[Link](x)
i++;
} while (i < 5);
// => 0 1 3 6 10

For Loop

for (let i = 0; i < 4; i += 1) {

[Link](i);
};

// => 0, 1, 2, 3

Looping Through Arrays

for (let i = 0; i < [Link]; i++){

[Link](array[i]);
}

// => Every item in the array

Break

for (let i = 0; i < 99; i += 1) {

if (i > 5) {
break;
}
[Link](i)
}
// => 0 1 2 3 4 5

Continue

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for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {

if (i === 3) { continue; }
text += "The number is " + i + "<br>";
}
Nested

for (let i = 0; i < 2; i += 1) {

for (let j = 0; j < 3; j += 1) {
[Link](`${i}-${j}`);
}
}

for...in loop

const fruits = ["apple", "orange", "banana"];

for (let index in fruits) {

[Link](index);
}
// => 0
// => 1
// => 2

for...of loop

const fruits = ["apple", "orange", "banana"];

for (let fruit of fruits) {

[Link](fruit);
}
// => apple
// => orange
// => banana

# JavaScript Iterators
Functions Assigned to Variables

let plusFive = (number) => {

return number + 5;
};
// f is assigned the value of plusFive
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let f = plusFive;

plusFive(3); // 8
// Since f has a function value, it can be invoked.
f(9); // 14

Callback Functions

const isEven = (n) => {

return n % 2 == 0;
}

let printMsg = (evenFunc, num) => {

const isNumEven = evenFunc(num);
[Link](`${num} is an even number: ${isNumEven}.`)
}

// Pass in isEven as the callback function

printMsg(isEven, 4);
// => The number 4 is an even number: True.

Array Method .reduce()

const numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4];

const sum = [Link]((accumulator, curVal) => {

return accumulator + curVal;
});

[Link](sum); // 10

Array Method .map()

const members = ["Taylor", "Donald", "Don", "Natasha", "Bobby"];

const announcements = [Link]((member) => {

return member + " joined the contest.";
});

[Link](announcements);

Array Method .forEach()

const numbers = [28, 77, 45, 99, 27];

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[Link](number => {
[Link](number);
});

Array Method .filter()

const randomNumbers = [4, 11, 42, 14, 39];

const filteredArray = [Link](n => {
return n > 5;
});

# JavaScript Objects
Accessing Properties

const apple = {
color: 'Green',
price: { bulk: '$3/kg', smallQty: '$4/kg' }
};
[Link]([Link]); // => Green
[Link]([Link]); // => $3/kg

Naming Properties

// Example of invalid key names

const trainSchedule = {
// Invalid because of the space between words.
platform num: 10,
// Expressions cannot be keys.
40 - 10 + 2: 30,
// A + sign is invalid unless it is enclosed in quotations.
+compartment: 'C'
}

Non-existent properties

const classElection = {
date: 'January 12'
};

[Link]([Link]); // undefined

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Mutable

const student = {
name: 'Sheldon',
score: 100,
grade: 'A',
}

[Link](student)
// { name: 'Sheldon', score: 100, grade: 'A' }

delete [Link]
[Link] = 'F'
[Link](student)
// { name: 'Sheldon', grade: 'F' }

student = {}
// TypeError: Assignment to constant variable.

Assignment shorthand syntax

const person = {
name: 'Tom',
age: '22',
};
const {name, age} = person;
[Link](name); // 'Tom'
[Link](age); // '22'

Delete operator

const person = {
firstName: "Matilda",
age: 27,
hobby: "knitting",
goal: "learning JavaScript"
};

delete [Link]; // or delete person[hobby];

[Link](person);
/*
{
firstName: "Matilda"
age: 27
goal: "learning JavaScript"

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}
*/

Objects as arguments

const origNum = 8;
const origObj = {color: 'blue'};

const changeItUp = (num, obj) => {

num = 7;
[Link] = 'red';
};

changeItUp(origNum, origObj);

// Will output 8 since integers are passed by value.

[Link](origNum);

// Will output 'red' since objects are passed

// by reference and are therefore mutable.
[Link]([Link]);

Shorthand object creation

const activity = 'Surfing';

const beach = { activity };
[Link](beach); // { activity: 'Surfing' }

this Keyword

const cat = {
name: 'Pipey',
age: 8,
whatName() {
return [Link]
}
};
[Link]([Link]()); // => Pipey

Factory functions

// A factory function that accepts 'name',

// 'age', and 'breed' parameters to return
// a customized dog object.
const dogFactory = (name, age, breed) => {
return {
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name: name,
age: age,
breed: breed,
bark() {
[Link]('Woof!');
}
};
};

Methods

const engine = {
// method shorthand, with one argument
start(adverb) {
[Link](`The engine starts up ${adverb}...`);
},
// anonymous arrow function expression with no arguments
sputter: () => {
[Link]('The engine sputters...');
},
};

[Link]('noisily');
[Link]();

Getters and setters

const myCat = {
_name: 'Dottie',
get name() {
return this._name;
},
set name(newName) {
this._name = newName;
}
};

// Reference invokes the getter

[Link]([Link]);

// Assignment invokes the setter

[Link] = 'Yankee';

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# JavaScript Classes
Static Methods

class Dog {
constructor(name) {
this._name = name;
}

introduce() {
[Link]('This is ' + this._name + ' !');
}

// A static method
static bark() {
[Link]('Woof!');
}
}

const myDog = new Dog('Buster');

[Link]();

// Calling the static method

[Link]();

Class

class Song {
constructor() {
[Link];
[Link];
}

play() {
[Link]('Song playing!');
}
}

const mySong = new Song();

[Link]();

Class Constructor

class Song {
constructor(title, artist) {

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[Link] = title;
[Link] = artist;
}
}

const mySong = new Song('Bohemian Rhapsody', 'Queen');

[Link]([Link]);

Class Methods

class Song {
play() {
[Link]('Playing!');
}

stop() {
[Link]('Stopping!');
}
}

extends

// Parent class
class Media {
constructor(info) {
[Link] = [Link];
[Link] = [Link];
}
}

// Child class
class Song extends Media {
constructor(songData) {
super(songData);
[Link] = [Link];
}
}

const mySong = new Song({

artist: 'Queen',
name: 'Bohemian Rhapsody',
publishDate: 1975
});

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# JavaScript Modules
Export

// [Link]

// Default export
export default function add(x,y){
return x + y
}

// Normal export
export function subtract(x,y){
return x - y
}

// Multiple exports
function multiply(x,y){
return x * y
}
function duplicate(x){
return x * 2
}
export {
multiply,
duplicate
}

Import

// [Link]
import add, { subtract, multiply, duplicate } from './[Link]';

[Link](add(6, 2)); // 8
[Link](subtract(6, 2)) // 4
[Link](multiply(6, 2)); // 12
[Link](duplicate(5)) // 10

// [Link]
<script type="module" src="[Link]"></script>

Export Module

// [Link]

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function add(x,y){
return x + y
}
function subtract(x,y){
return x - y
}
function multiply(x,y){
return x * y
}
function duplicate(x){
return x * 2
}

// Multiple exports in [Link]

[Link] = {
add,
subtract,
multiply,
duplicate
}

Require Module

// [Link]
const myMath = require('./[Link]')

[Link]([Link](6, 2)); // 8
[Link]([Link](6, 2)) // 4
[Link]([Link](6, 2)); // 12
[Link]([Link](5)) // 10

# JavaScript Promises
Promise states

const promise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {

const res = true;
// An asynchronous operation.
if (res) {
resolve('Resolved!');
}
else {
reject(Error('Error'));

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}
});

[Link]((res) => [Link](res), (err) => [Link](err));

Executor function

const executorFn = (resolve, reject) => {

resolve('Resolved!');
};

const promise = new Promise(executorFn);

setTimeout()

const loginAlert = () =>{

[Link]('Login');
};

setTimeout(loginAlert, 6000);

.then() method

const promise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {

setTimeout(() => {
resolve('Result');
}, 200);
});

[Link]((res) => {
[Link](res);
}, (err) => {
[Link](err);
});

.catch() method

const promise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {

setTimeout(() => {
reject(Error('Promise Rejected Unconditionally.'));
}, 1000);
});

[Link]((res) => {
[Link](value);
});

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[Link]((err) => {
[Link](err);
});

[Link]()

const promise1 = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {

setTimeout(() => {
resolve(3);
}, 300);
});
const promise2 = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
setTimeout(() => {
resolve(2);
}, 200);
});

[Link]([promise1, promise2]).then((res) => {

[Link](res[0]);
[Link](res[1]);
});

Avoiding nested Promise and .then()

const promise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {

setTimeout(() => {
resolve('*');
}, 1000);
});

const twoStars = (star) => {

return (star + star);
};

const oneDot = (star) => {

return (star + '.');
};

const print = (val) => {

[Link](val);
};

// Chaining them all together

[Link](twoStars).then(oneDot).then(print);

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Creating

const executorFn = (resolve, reject) => {

[Link]('The executor function of the promise!');
};

const promise = new Promise(executorFn);

Chaining multiple .then()

const promise = new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(() => resolve('dAlan'), 100));

[Link](res => {
return res === 'Alan' ? [Link]('Hey Alan!') : [Link]('Who are y
}).then((res) => {
[Link](res)
}, (err) => {
[Link](err)
});

Fake http Request with Promise

const mock = (success, timeout = 1000) => {

return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
setTimeout(() => {
if(success) {
resolve({status: 200, data:{}});
} else {
reject({message: 'Error'});
}
}, timeout);
});
}
const someEvent = async () => {
try {
await mock(true, 1000);
} catch (e) {
[Link]([Link]);
}
}

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# JavaScript Async-Await
Asynchronous

function helloWorld() {
return new Promise(resolve => {
setTimeout(() => {
resolve('Hello World!');
}, 2000);
});
}

const msg = async function() { //Async Function Expression

const msg = await helloWorld();
[Link]('Message:', msg);
}

const msg1 = async () => { //Async Arrow Function

const msg = await helloWorld();
[Link]('Message:', msg);
}

msg(); // Message: Hello World! <-- after 2 seconds

msg1(); // Message: Hello World! <-- after 2 seconds

Resolving Promises

let pro1 = [Link](5);

let pro2 = 44;
let pro3 = new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
setTimeout(resolve, 100, 'foo');
});

[Link]([pro1, pro2, pro3]).then(function(values) {

[Link](values);
});
// expected => Array [5, 44, "foo"]

Async Await Promises

function helloWorld() {
return new Promise(resolve => {
setTimeout(() => {
resolve('Hello World!');
}, 2000);

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});
}

async function msg() {

const msg = await helloWorld();
[Link]('Message:', msg);
}

msg(); // Message: Hello World! <-- after 2 seconds

Error Handling

let json = '{ "age": 30 }'; // incomplete data

try {
let user = [Link](json); // <-- no errors
[Link]( [Link] ); // no name!
} catch (e) {
[Link]( "Invalid JSON data!" );
}

Aysnc await operator

function helloWorld() {
return new Promise(resolve => {
setTimeout(() => {
resolve('Hello World!');
}, 2000);
});
}

async function msg() {

const msg = await helloWorld();
[Link]('Message:', msg);
}

msg(); // Message: Hello World! <-- after 2 seconds

# JavaScript Requests
JSON

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const jsonObj = {
"name": "Rick",
"id": "11A",
"level": 4
};

XMLHttpRequest

const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();

[Link]('GET', '[Link]/getjson');

XMLHttpRequest is a browser-level API that enables the client to script data transfers via JavaScript,
NOT part of the JavaScript language.

GET

const req = new XMLHttpRequest();

[Link] = 'json';
[Link]('GET', '/getdata?id=65');
[Link] = () => {
[Link]([Link]);
};

[Link]();

POST

const data = {
fish: 'Salmon',
weight: '1.5 KG',
units: 5
};
const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
[Link]('POST', '/inventory/add');
[Link] = 'json';
[Link]([Link](data));

[Link] = () => {
[Link]([Link]);
};

fetch api

fetch(url, {
method: 'POST',
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headers: {
'Content-type': 'application/json',
'apikey': apiKey
},
body: data
}).then(response => {
if ([Link]) {
return [Link]();
}
throw new Error('Request failed!');
}, networkError => {
[Link]([Link])
})
}

JSON Formatted

fetch('url-that-returns-JSON')
.then(response => [Link]())
.then(jsonResponse => {
[Link](jsonResponse);
});

promise url parameter fetch api

fetch('url')
.then(
response => {
[Link](response);
},
rejection => {
[Link]([Link]);
);

Fetch API Function

fetch('[Link] {
method: 'POST',
body: [Link]({id: "200"})
}).then(response => {
if([Link]){
return [Link]();
}
throw new Error('Request failed!');
}, networkError => {
[Link]([Link]);

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}).then(jsonResponse => {
[Link](jsonResponse);
})

async await syntax

const getSuggestions = async () => {

const wordQuery = [Link];
const endpoint = `${url}${queryParams}${wordQuery}`;
try{
const response = await fetch(endpoint, {cache: 'no-cache'});
if([Link]){
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