Category: ES6

let declarations

Allow you to define a variable that only exist inside a block delineated by { and }

Example:

var a = 0;
{
  let a = 1;
  console.log(a); // prints 1
}
console.log(a); // prints 0

let declarations are not initialized until they are used, that is why it is a good idea to put them at the top of the block, to avoid weird behavior. If you are not ready to attach a value, you can just say: let a;

const declarations

By using const, once the assignment has been made, it can’t be undone.

Example:

{
    const a = 7;
    console.log(a);   // 7
    a = 5;              // TypeError!
}

If you assign Objects or Arrays to constants, you can still modify the values, you just can’t modify the assignment type:

{
    const a = [1,2,3];
    a.push(4);
    console.log(a);       // [1,2,3,4]
    a = 42;                 // TypeError!
}