JavaScript Reference

Quick Reference

This is a quick reference list of JavaScript reserved words that should not be used as the names of variables, labels, functions, etc.

abstractargumentsawait
booleanbreakbyte
casecatchchar
classconstcontinue
debuggerdefaultdelete
dodoubleelse
enumevalexport
extendsfalsefinal
finallyfloatfor
functiongotoif
implementsimportin
instanceofintinterface
letlongnative
newnullpackage
privateprotectedpublic
returnshortstatic
superswitchsynchronized
thisthrowthrows
transienttruetry
typeofvarvoid
volatilewhilewith
yield

JavaScript Notes:

  • When using JavaScript, single or double quotation marks are acceptable and work identically to one another; choose whichever you prefer, and stay consistent
  • JavaScript is a case-sensitive language; firstName is NOT the same as firstname
  • Arrays count starting from zero NOT one; so item 1 is position [0], item 2 is position [1], and item 3 is position [2] … and so on
  • JavaScript variables must begin with a letter, $, or _
  • JavaScript variables are case sensitive (x is not the same as X)

We’d like to acknowledge that we learned a great deal of our coding from W3Schools and TutorialsPoint, borrowing heavily from their teaching process and excellent code examples. We highly recommend both sites to deepen your experience, and further your coding journey. We’re just hitting the basics here at 1SMARTchicken.