JavaScript Execution Context Explained

I thought JavaScript runs code line by line. It doesn't. Before executing a single line, the JS engine creates something called an Execution Context. Think of it like a stack of plates. Each function call adds a new plate on top. Last plate added is the first one removed. That's your Call Stack. Inside each execution context, two phases happen: Memory Phase — Variables are stored before code runs. var gets stored as undefined. let and const? They exist but are untouchable. That zone is called the Temporal Dead Zone. Execution Phase — Now the code actually runs. Values get assigned. Functions get called. I spent 4 years writing JavaScript. Never knew this was happening under the hood. Day 2. Still here. #JavaScript #BuildingInPublic #100DaysOfCode

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