What is the best way to use global variables in Javascript?
Should I do document.x="this", document.y="that"?
How will I avoid collisions in the long run?
What is the best way to use global variables in Javascript? Should I do
Share
Sign Up to our social questions and Answers Engine to ask questions, answer people’s questions, and connect with other people.
Login to our social questions & Answers Engine to ask questions answer people’s questions & connect with other people.
Lost your password? Please enter your email address. You will receive a link and will create a new password via email.
Please briefly explain why you feel this question should be reported.
Please briefly explain why you feel this answer should be reported.
Please briefly explain why you feel this user should be reported.
What is the best way to use global variables in Javascript?
Should I do document.x="this", document.y="that"?
How will I avoid collisions in the long run?
I personally define a namespace for my application data
and define everything inside that namespace
In this sense, the only variable you attach to the global object is the namespace object. Everything else is globally accessible, but within your namespace. This reduces collisions on the global object, and eventually you can define a different namespace if you so wish.