Most voted "use-strict" questions

use Strict is a new feature of Ecmascript 5, which basically allows us to improve the quality of our Javascript code by making exceptions when we try to do something we shouldn’t do.

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  When, why and how to use the "use Strict" directive in Javascript?

  I had never seen before the use of this directive, but almost all the most mature jQuery plugins use it. I would like to know when and how to use it and what its purpose is.

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  asked 10 years, 8 months ago Philippe Gioseffi 3,202

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  What is and how does context (this) work in Javascript?

  Essential part of Javascript, every function has context (this). How it works, how to manipulate it and what changes in strictly speaking ('use strict')?…

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  asked 10 years, 6 months ago Gabriel Gartz 5,624

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  How do Visual Studio recognize the 'use Strict' directive?

  Apparently Visual Studio does not recognize the directive 'use strict', because I typed the code below that assigns value to a variable that has not been declared (something prohibited in Strict…

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  asked 10 years, 8 months ago Zignd 6,741