JavaScript

CHALLENGE ❓

const obj = {};
Object.defineProperty(obj, 'name', {
  value: 'Alice',
  writable: false,
  configurable: false
});

try {
  obj.name = 'Bob';
  delete obj.name;
  console.log(obj.name);
} catch (e) {
  console.log('Error:', e.message);
}

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CHALLENGE ❓

function processData({ a = 10, b = 20 } = { a: 30 }) {
  console.log(a, b);
}

processData({ a: 5 });
processData();

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CHALLENGE ❓

function* numberGenerator() {
  let i = 0;
  while (i < 3) {
    yield i++;
  }
}

const gen = numberGenerator();
console.log(gen.next().value);
console.log(gen.return(10).value);
console.log(gen.next().value);

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CHALLENGE ❓

const obj = Object.freeze({
  name: "Alice",
  info: {
    age: 25
  }
});

try {
  obj.name = "Bob";
  obj.info.age = 30;
} catch (e) {
  console.log("Error:", e.message);
}

console.log(obj.name, obj.info.age);

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CHALLENGE ❓

async function first() {
  console.log('First Start');
  await second();
  console.log('First End');
}

async function second() {
  console.log('Second Start');
}

console.log('Script Start');
first();
setTimeout(() => console.log('Timeout'), 0);
console.log('Script End');

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CHALLENGE ❓

setTimeout(() => console.log('Timeout 1'), 100);

setTimeout(() => {
  console.log('Timeout 2');
  Promise.resolve().then(() => console.log('Promise in Timeout 2'));
}, 50);

Promise.resolve().then(() => console.log('Promise 1'));

setTimeout(() => console.log('Timeout 3'), 150);

console.log('Sync');

CHALLENGE ❓

setTimeout(() => {
  console.log('Timeout');
  Promise.resolve().then(() => console.log('Promise after Timeout'));
}, 0);

Promise.resolve().then(() => console.log('Promise'));

console.log('End of script');

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