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The Hitchhiker's Guide to All Things Memory in Javascript

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Overview

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Explore the intricacies of memory management and garbage collection in JavaScript through this JSConf Budapest 2016 talk. Delve into the under-the-hood operations of JavaScript's memory allocation and garbage collection implementations, and learn how to leverage this knowledge to write more performant code. Discover the concepts of memory scarcity, data types, different memory spaces, reachability, and various garbage collection techniques such as scavenging and mark-and-sweep. Gain practical insights using Chrome Dev Tools for heap dump analysis and interactive resource management. Suitable for beginners, this talk provides valuable information to enhance your understanding of JavaScript's inner workings and improve code performance.

Syllabus

Intro
Memory is scarce
Memory management overview
Data Types
Different Spaces
Reachability
Garbage Collection
scavenging
Markandsweep
Chrome Dev Tools
heapdump
interactive resource

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