JavaScript Was So Bad They Had To Add A Second Mode To Fix It

JavaScript used to be the wild west when it came to hidden errors. So many unintuitive mistakes/errors were hidden which is why JavaScript introduced strict mode to clean up those weird interactions. Strict mode adds a bunch of different rules mostly around fixing potential bugs and surfacing them to the developer. 📚 Materials/References: ES6 Modules Video: https://youtu.be/cRHQNNcYf6s ES6 Modules Article: https://blog.webdevsimplified.com/2021-11/es6-modules 🌎 Find Me Here: My Blog: https://blog.webdevsimplified.com My Courses: https://courses.webdevsimplified.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/WebDevSimplified Twitter: https://twitter.com/DevSimplified Discord: https://discord.gg/7StTjnR GitHub: https://github.com/WebDevSimplified CodePen: https://codepen.io/WebDevSimplified ⏱️ Timestamps: 00:00 - Introduction 00:27 - How to enter strict mode 02:30 - Reason #1 for strict mode 04:10 - Reason #2 for strict mode 05:56 - Reason #3 for strict mode 06:18 - Reason #4 for strict mode 07:19 - Reason #5 for strict mode 08:35 - Reason #6 for strict mode 09:47 - Reason #7 for strict mode 11:28 - Reason #8 for strict mode #StrictMode #WDS #JavaScript