JavaScript Data Structures and Algorithms: An Introduction to Understanding and Implementing Core Data Structure and Algorithm Fundamentals

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Sammie BaeJavaScript Data Structures and Algorithmshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3988-9_7

7. JavaScript Memory Management

Sammie Bae¹ 

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Hamilton, ON, Canada

 

In any program, a variable takes up some memory. In low-level programming languages such as C, the programmer must allocate and deallocate memory manually. In contrast, the V8 JavaScript engine and other modern JavaScript engines have garbage collectors that delete unused variables for the programmer. Despite this memory management done by the JavaScript engine, however, there are common pitfalls that developers can fall into. This chapter will show some basic examples of these pitfalls and present techniques to help the garbage collector minimize the key JavaScript memory ...