8. Closures
In This Chapter
• Understand what closures are
• Tie together everything you’ve learned about functions, variables, and scope
By now, you probably know all about functions and all the fun functioney things that they do. An important part of working with functions, with JavaScript, and (possibly) life in general is understanding the topic known as closures. Closures touch upon a gray area where functions and variable scope intersect (see Figure 8.1).
FIGURE 8.1 The intersection of functions and variable scope.
Now, I am not going to say any thing more about closures, as this is something best explained by seeing the actual code. ...
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