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Javascript: It`s misunderstood concepts

Javascript gained in popularity in the last decade following Google`s V8 engine then client side frameworks like AngularJs and server side development in NodeJs.

According to StackOverflow`s 2015 survey, Javascript is the most used programming language. Yet many still compare using this language to dancing in the minefield.

Javascript does have many concepts that are often misunderstood. For example the `this` keyword, doesn't behave the same as in C, C++, or Java. Coming from these language means almost forgetting anything we know about 'this' when learning how 'this' behaves in Javascript.

Other misunderstood concepts of Javascript are: Scope, proto chains, hoisting and closures.

I will summarize some of these key concepts in the following blog posts.

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