JavaScript var const and let

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Signification and let are new JavaScript methods of declaring a variables on modern browser's you don't need to enable strict mode to make use of const, and let

What's the difference between var , let and const
Immutability when you declare a variable using const its value is immutable ie you can't simply reassign the variable with another value neither can you declare const variables as
const variable, another;
because it's pointless afterall

scope of this
let variable decelerations are block scoped therefore if used in an if statement or in a function its value is scoped within that block

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