Variables and constants in JS

Variables:

Variables are like storage containers and are hence used to store data to facilitate a web app to run better.
To declare a variable we use let keyword as follows:
let name = "Sumit"
(You may see variables being declared using the var keyword but using let is newer way and better practice).

• We can also declare multiple variables on a single line. (Try doing this by yourself).
• We can also change the data held in a variable. This, in fact is the primary reason why variables are so useful. Think of it as a bin holding some data, then that data being taken out and thrown and using that same bin to store some new data.
• For instance, we had earlier declared a variable 'name' which is currently storing 'Sumit'. We can now store any new data in that same variable called name like: name = "Paris". Now our variable is storing new data called "Paris" instead of the old "Sumit".
• What we can't do is declare the same variable twice as that would throw error as shown below:

• A variable name should give an insight into what's the use of the variable. E.g don't say let recipeName = "London" 😅
• Lowercase and uppercase variables are two different variables as shown below:

• The name must contain only letters, digits, or the symbols $ and _.
• The first character must not be a digit
• There are reserved keywords like let, const etc and these shouldn't be used as variable names

Constants:

Constants are variables that can't change their values once assigned i.e., after we assign some value to a constant, we can't assign new value or in other words they are constant (hence the name!).
They are declared using the keyword const as shown in the image below:

If we now try to re-assign a value to a constant, we'll get an error like:

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~ Sumit Saurabh.