Instructions

06-1 : Global namespace

1. Create a file in src/lessons/global called numberInventory.js.
2. In numberInventory.js create a variable called inventory and assign it a value of [].
3. In numberInventory.js create a function called addNumberToInventory that takes a number as an argument and pushes it to the inventory array.
4. In src/lessons/global/index.html add a script tag before </body> with src of ./numberInventory.js.
5. Open src/lessons/global/index.html in your browser and interact with your inventory.
6. Create a file in src/lessons/global called stringInventory.js.
7. In stringInventory.js create a variable called inventory and assign it a value of [].
8. In stringInventory.js create a function called addStringToInventory that takes a string as an argument and pushes it to the inventory array.
9. In src/lessons/global/index.html add a script tag before </body> with src of ./stringInventory.js.
10. Open src/lessons/global/index.html in your browser and interact with your inventory.
11. What's going on here? Why can't we have two inventories?

06-2 : Immeditately Invoked Function Expression (IIFE)

// IIFE syntax
(function() {
  // code goes here
})();

1. Create a file in src/lessons/iife called numberInventory.js
2. In numberInventory.js create an IIFE that defines a variable called inventory and assign it a value of [].
3. In the IIFE in numberInventory.js define a function called addNumberToInventory that takes a number as an argument and pushes it to the inventory array.
4. In src/lessons/iife/index.html add a script tag before </body> to load numberInventory.js
5. Open src/lessons/iife/index.html in your browser and interact with your inventory.
6. What is the value of inventory in the console?
7. In src/lessons/iife/numberInventory.js create a binding on the window object window.addNumberToInventory and assign it the value of the addNumberToInventory function.
8. Open src/lessons/iife/index.html in your browser and call your function from the console.
9. Create a file in src/lessons/iife called stringInventory.js
10. In stringInventory.js create an IIFE that defines a variable called inventory and assign it a value of []
11. In the IIFE in stringInventory.js define a function called addStringToInventory that takes a string as an argument and pushes it to the inventory array.
12. In src/lessons/iife/stringInventory.js create a binding on the window object window.addStringToInventory and assign it the value of the addStringToInventory function.
13. Open src/lessons/iife/index.html in your browser and call your function from the console.
14. What is the value of inventory in the console?
15. In numberInventory.js create a binding on the window object window.inventory and assign it the value of the inventory binding.
16. In stringInventory.js create a binding on the window object window.inventory and assign it the value of the inventory binding.
17. Open src/lessons/iife/index.html in your browser and inspect the inventory

06-3 : CommonJS

1. Duplicate numberInventory.js and stringInventory.js in src/lessons/iife to the commonjs directory.
2. Open the file in src/lessons/commonjs called require.js.
3. Follow the instructions in require.js to create a require function, and a cache object that are available in the global scope.
4. In our inventory scripts, let's set the exports porperty of the cache['pathname'] to an object with properties equal to our interface.
5. In src/lessons/commonjs/index.html add a script tag before </body> to load all three scripts.
6. Call require with the path to our scripts.
7. Open src/lessons/commonjs/index.html in your browser and interact with your inventory.

06-4 : Modules with import/export

1. Create a file in src/lessons/module called numberInventory.js
2. In numberInventory.js define a variable called inventory and assign it a value of [].
3. Use the export keyword to export the inventory variable.
4. In src/lessons/module/index.html add a script tag before </body> to load numberInventory.js
5. Open src/lessons/module/index.html in your browser and try to interact with your inventory.
6. What do you see in the console?
7. add type="module" to the script tag in src/lessons/module/index.html
8. Open src/lessons/module/index.html in your browser and try to interact with your inventory.
9. What do you see in the console?
10. In src/lessons/module/index.html add a script tag before </body> and use the import keyword to import the inventory variable from numberInventory.js, then log the value of inventory to the console.
11. Open src/lessons/module/index.html in your browser and try to interact with your inventory.
12. What do you see in the console?
13. Create a file in src/lessons/module called stringInventory.js
14. In stringInventory.js define a variable called inventory and assign it a value of [].
15. Use the export keyword to export the inventory variable.
16. In src/lessons/module/index.html add a script tag after numberInventory.js but before our import script to load stringInventory.js.
17. Import the inventory variable from stringInventory.js and log the value of inventory to the console.
18. Open src/lessons/module/index.html in your browser and try to interact with your inventory.
19. What do you see in the console?
20. How can we fix this?