Question

I want to organize my JavaScript so I thought I would make a functions JS file. Is there anyway I can call the functions from functions.js from global.js?

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EDIT

functions.js:

var get_selects;
get_selects = {
    getLanguages: function() {
    }
}

global.js:

get_selects.getLangueges();

Answer 1

Yes, functions defined at the top level are automatically available in the global scope (window in a browser), and this is typically not desirable.

Another approach that would mitigate this is to group your functions into a single object so you aren’t polluting the global scope with a whole bunch of unrelated functions.

var utils;
utils = {
  toast: function(message) {
    alert("Notification: " + message);
  },

  sum: function(a, b){ return a + b; }
}

utils.toast('Email sent');
utils.sum(1, 2);