Strict Mode In JavaScript

It is new feature included in ES5. It is used to execute the code in "strict mode". we can achieve this by adding 'use strict' in the beginning of your script or function. only the code below the assignment comes under strict mode.

Declaring in the beginning of your script makes it available globally in the code (inside the function as well). Declaring inside the function make it available locally inside the function.

##Strict mode helps out in a couple ways:

It catches some common coding bloopers, throwing exceptions.
Strict mode eliminates some JavaScript silent errors by changing them to throw errors.
It prevents, or throws errors, when relatively "unsafe" actions are taken (such as gaining access to the global object).
It disables features that are confusing or poorly thought out.
Strict mode makes it easier to write “secure” JavaScript.

List of features

Disallows global variables(object literal also).

x = 20;

Assignment to a reserved keyword (inc eval & arguments) is not allowed

var undefined = 5; // throws a TypeError
var Infinity = 5; // throws a TypeError

Writing to a read-only property is not allowed:

var obj = {};
Object.defineProperty(obj, "x", { value: 0, writable: false });
obj.x = 3.14; // This will cause an error

Writing to a get-only property is not allowed:

var obj = {
  get x() {
    return 0;
  },
};
obj.x = 3.14; // This will cause an error

Deleting a variable, object, function is not allowed

delete obj; //SyntaxError: Delete of an unqualified identifier in strict mode

Attempts to delete undeletable properties will throw

delete Object.prototype; //throws error

Requires all property names in an object literal to be unique

var x = { x1: "1", x1: "2" }; //throws error

Function parameter names must be unique

function sum (x, x) {...}//throw error

Octal numeric literals are not allowed:

var x = 010; // This will cause an error

with statement is not allowed:

with (Math) {
  x = cos(2);
} // This will cause an error

eval in strict mode does not introduce new variables

eval("var x = 2");

deleting plain names throws error.

var x;
delete x;

###SOME EXAMPLES/ OBSERVATIONS

function func() {
  "use strict";
  y = 100; //this will not throw an error till the function is not called
}

"use strict";
function func() {
  y = 100; //this will not throw an error till the function is not called
}

function func() {
  myGlobal = 5; //this will NOT give error
}

(function () {
  "use strict";
  func();
})();

function func_strict() {
  "use strict";
  myGlobal = 5; //this will give error
}

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