JavaScript Concepts

2. Title: 5 JavaScript Concepts That Actually Tripped Me Up (And How I Mastered Them)

Purpose: To demonstrate deep understanding of core JavaScript, your ability to learn, and your willingness to help others. This builds credibility and shows you understand fundamentals, not just frameworks.

Skills Showcased: JavaScript mastery, teaching ability, communication.

Brief Outline:

Introduction: A relatable story about struggling with JS concepts.

Concept 1: The Event Loop & Asynchronous Code: Explain callbacks - promises - async/await with simple analogies and code snippets.

Concept 2: this Keyword: Explain its behavior in different contexts (global, function, object, arrow functions).

Concept 3: Closures: Define it simply and give a practical use case (e.g., data encapsulation).

Concept 4: Prototypal Inheritance: How JS objects inherit properties.

Concept 5: ES6+ Features: Destructuring, spread operator, optional chaining.

Conclusion: Encouragement for other developers on their learning journey.