Alrighty! So you've been dabbling in JavaScript and heard this word 'closure' tossed around. It's enough to give anyone a mini panic attack, right? Well fear not my fellow coders, I've got 17 years of programming under my belt, and I'm here to tell you that closures are far from scary! Let's dive in! Closures are like these secret little helpers that JavaScript gives us - they let us access variables outside the function we're currently working on. Sound confusing? Let me give you an example: Imagine having your best buddy over at your house, and while they're there, they decide to play a guitar solo. But here's the catch - they only know one song! Now if you were to tell them another song as they were rocking out on that guitar, they could still remember it and play it later. That's exactly what closures do for us in JavaScript! So next time you come across 'closures', don't panic! Remember, we're all learning together. And here's a question for the group - have any of you stumbled upon interesting ways to use closures? I'd love to hear about it!
Source:
https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-closures-work-in-javascript-a-handbook-for-developers/