June 2018
Beginner
288 pages
6h 31m
English
Parameters can take default values that step in for any missing arguments. We can benefit from default parameters in one of three ways:
As a user of a function, we don’t have to pass in a value for a parameter if the value we intend to send is the same as the sensible default chosen by the creator of the function—resulting in less work and reduced noise/clutter in code.
As the author of a function, we can evolve the function signature more freely, to add a new parameter, without breaking existing code.
We can compensate for the lack of function overloading in JavaScript. Many modern languages provide function overloading, but JavaScript does not. With default parameters, the caller may pass a different ...