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Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

STUMP'D - Coding Interview Questions

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

Wes Bos

Tech News, News, Technology

4.91.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes are back with another edition of Stump’d! where they try to stump each other with interview questions. Freshbooks - Sponsor Get a 30 day free trial of Freshbooks at freshbooks.com/syntax and put SYNTAX in the “How did you hear about us?” section. LogRocket - Sponsor LogRocket lets you replay what users do on your site, helping you reproduce bugs and fix issues faster. It’s an exception tracker, a session re-player and a performance monitor. Get 14 days free at logrocket.com/syntax. Auth0 - Sponsor Auth0 is the easiest way for developers to add authentication and secure their applications. They provide features like user management, multi-factor authentication, and you can even enable users to login with device biometrics with something like their fingerprint. Not to mention, Auth0 has SDKs for your favorite frameworks like React, Next.js, and Node/Express. Make sure to sign up for a free account and give Auth0 a try with the link below. https://a0.to/syntax Show Notes 03:10 - What is STUMP’D? 04:27 - What is a first class function? 06:27 - What is the purpose of using object is method? 09:31 - What is the purpose of Error object? 11:00 - What are the advantages of minification? 12:37 - How do you declare namespace? 15:38 - What are JS labels? 19:20 - List the methods that are available on a WeakSet? What is the difference between a set and a WeakSet? 23:33 - What is the use of preventDefault method? 26:15 - What is a spread opperator? 27:35 - What is the output of below spread operator array? [...'John Resig'] 30:19 - How do you load CSS and JS files dynamically? 32:00 - What are tasks in event loop? 34:15 - What is a WeakMap? 37:35 - How do get query string values in JavaScript? 40:50 - What is the purpose of some method in arrays? 42:15 - How do you delete a cookie? Links https://30secondsofinterviews.org/ https://www.interviewbit.com/javascript-interview-questions/ https://github.com/sudheerj/javascript-interview-questions https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Statements/label https://es6.io/ ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Builderment Wes: Lawn Mower Blade Balancer Shameless Plugs Scott: All Courses - Sign up for the year and save 25%! Wes: All Courses - Use the coupon code ‘Syntax’ for $10 off! Tweet us your tasty treats! Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

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0:00.0

You're listening to Syntax, the podcast with the tastiest web development treats out there.

0:06.0

Strap yourself in and get ready.

0:07.9

Here is Scott Tolesky and West Boss.

0:10.4

Welcome to Syntax, this is the podcast with the tastiest web development treats out there.

0:16.0

Today we've got something we haven't done for you in a while and that is a stumped episode.

0:20.6

This is where Scott and I will try to stump each other with JavaScript coding interview questions.

0:26.8

Today we are sponsored by three awesome companies,

0:29.6

FreshBooks Cloud Accounting, Log, Rocket, JavaScript, Session, Replay, and Auth0.

0:35.9

Easy way to add authentication to your app.

0:38.0

We'll talk about all of them partway through the episode.

0:40.2

With me is always Mr. Scott Tolesky.

0:43.2

How are you doing today, Scott?

0:44.4

Hey, I'm doing good and if you may have noticed, my audio is not as crisp or as clear.

0:51.2

You may be hearing some dogs barking here or some noises.

0:54.1

I am without my normal microphone, my normal setup in general.

0:58.5

We are just T-minus a couple days here until the move.

1:02.2

So all my stuff is in boxes and it's all over the place.

1:05.3

So this will be officially the last episode ever recorded in the current level of studios before

1:10.5

we move into the new level of studios of which the name I think is probably going to be the level

1:16.1

of large courtesy of West, who did a nice little name exploration for me.

1:21.3

But yeah, I'm doing good.

1:22.4

You know, I spent all weekend working on a, this is actually kind of related to coding stuff.

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