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// what are the key differences between:
var foo = function() {
alert("Hello World");
};
// and
function foo() {
alert("Hello World");
}
@tgvashworth
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@jackfranklin or even var foo = function foo() {}?

@davemackintosh
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foo is defined at parse time so can be used and var foo is just an alias at run time (i used foo but could be "bar") I dont use it often was just an example of how to get best of both worlds.

Try running:

foo(); // runs the parse time code
function foo () {alert('hello')};
var foo = foo;
foo(); // runs the runtime code.

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