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My inner pedant really hates this first sentence: > There are three ways to create variables in a JavaScript application: using var, using let, or using const.

My inner pedant really hates this first sentence: > There are three ways to create variables in a JavaScript application: using var, using let, or using const. No. There are two ways to create variables (let, var), and _one_ way to create a constant (const).

anamexis 7y ago
Your inner pedant isn't being pedantic enough, then, because the ES spec defines them all as variables. > 13.3.1 Let and Const Declarations > > NOTE let and const declarations define variables that are scoped to the running execution context’s LexicalEnvironment. http://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/6.0/#sec-declarations-and-the-variable-statement http://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/6.0/#sec-declarat...
winrid 7y ago
They're not really constant though, if you wanna be really pedantic. You can modify a const object for example.
- pfdzm 7y ago
  It’s constant because it cannot be reassigned - but it is not immutable.
  - winrid 7y ago
    Right.