函数语句和函数表达式的处理方式不同。

function blarg(a) {return a;} // statement
bleep = function(b) {return b;} //expression

所有函数语句在代码运行之前都会被解析——JavaScript文件底部的函数将在第一个语句中可用。另一方面，它将无法利用某些动态上下文，例如围绕语句—在解析函数时，with还没有执行。

函数表达式在遇到它们的地方内联执行。在此之前它们是不可用的，但它们可以利用动态上下文。

确保在遍历对象属性时使用hasOwnProperty方法:

for (p in anObject) {
    if (anObject.hasOwnProperty(p)) {
        //Do stuff with p here
    }
}

这样做是为了只访问object的直接属性，而不使用原型链下面的属性。

私有方法

对象可以有私有方法。

function Person(firstName, lastName) {
    this.firstName = firstName;
    this.lastName = lastName;

    // A private method only visible from within this constructor
    function calcFullName() {
       return firstName + " " + lastName;    
    }

    // A public method available to everyone
    this.sayHello = function () {
        alert(calcFullName());
    }
}

//Usage:
var person1 = new Person("Bob", "Loblaw");
person1.sayHello();

// This fails since the method is not visible from this scope
alert(person1.calcFullName());

数字也是对象。所以你可以做一些很酷的事情，比如:

// convert to base 2
(5).toString(2) // returns "101"

// provide built in iteration
Number.prototype.times = function(funct){
  if(typeof funct === 'function') {
    for(var i = 0;i < Math.floor(this);i++) {
      funct(i);
    }
  }
  return this;
}


(5).times(function(i){
  string += i+" ";
});
// string now equals "0 1 2 3 4 "

var x = 1000;

x.times(function(i){
  document.body.innerHTML += '<p>paragraph #'+i+'</p>';
});
// adds 1000 parapraphs to the document

let.

与var缺乏块作用域对应的是let，在JavaScript 1.7中引入。

The let statement provides a way to associate values with variables within the scope of a block, without affecting the values of like-named variables outside the block. The let expression lets you establish variables scoped only to a single expression. The let definition defines variables whose scope is constrained to the block in which they're defined. This syntax is very much like the syntax used for var. You can also use let to establish variables that exist only within the context of a for loop.

  function varTest() {
        var x = 31;
    if (true) {
      var x = 71;  // same variable!
      alert(x);  // 71
    }
    alert(x);  // 71
  }

  function letTest() {
    let x = 31;
    if (true) {
      let x = 71;  // different variable
      alert(x);  // 71
    }
    alert(x);  // 31
  }

截至2008年，FireFox 2.0+和Safari 3.x支持JavaScript 1.7。

这似乎只适用于Firefox (SpiderMonkey)。函数内部:

Arguments[-2]给出了参数的个数(与Arguments .length相同) Arguments[-3]给出了被调用的函数(与Arguments .callee相同)