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Memory Management in JavaScript

Memory management in JavaScript involves the allocation, usage, and deallocation of memory, primarily handled by the garbage collector. Memory is allocated for primitive values on the stack and for objects and functions on the heap. Common issues include unintended global variables, unremoved event listeners, and timers, with best practices suggesting minimizing global variables, using let and const, and ensuring proper cleanup of resources.

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Memory Management in JavaScript

Memory management in JavaScript involves the allocation, usage, and deallocation of memory, primarily handled by the garbage collector. Memory is allocated for primitive values on the stack and for objects and functions on the heap. Common issues include unintended global variables, unremoved event listeners, and timers, with best practices suggesting minimizing global variables, using let and const, and ensuring proper cleanup of resources.

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Memory Management

JavaScript
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Memory Management

Memory management involves the allocation


and deallocation of memory in an application to
ensure efficient use of resources. In JavaScript,
this process is largely handled automatically by
the JavaScript engine's garbage collector.
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Memory Life Cycle

Memory Memory Memory


Allocation Usage Deallocation

Allocation: Memory is allocated when variables,


objects, or functions are created.

2. Usage: Memory is used for storing data,


manipulating data, and executing functions.

3. Deallocation: Memory is automatically


deallocated (or freed) by the garbage collector
when it is no longer needed.
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Memory allocation in JavaScript


occurs in the following ways:

Primitive Values: Stored directly on the stack.

Objects and Functions: Stored in the heap,


which is a larger region of memory used for
dynamic allocation.
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Garbage Collection

JavaScript uses an automatic memory


management system known as garbage
collection. The most common algorithm used is
Mark-and-Sweep.
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Common Memory Management


Issues
Global
Variables:

Unintended global
variables that remain in
memory.

Timers and Closures:


Intervals:
Functions that
Not cleared with reference variables
clearTimeout or from an outer scope,
clearInterval. preventing memory
from being released.

Event
Listeners:

Not properly removed,


keeping references to
objects.
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Best Practices for Memory


Management

Minimize Global Limit the use of global variables to


Variables: reduce unintended memory retention.

Use let and Prefer let and const over var to limit
const: scope and lifecycle.

Remove Event Ensure event listeners are removed


Listeners: when they are no longer needed.

Clear Timers: Clear intervals and timeouts to free up


memory.

Avoid Creating Keep object references minimal to


Unnecessary allow garbage collection.
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