Merge pull request #64 from DevTMK/update-readme

js-basics: Fix setTimeout syntax
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Jasmine Greenaway 4 years ago committed by GitHub
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@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ function displayDone() {
console.log('3 seconds has elapsed');
}
// timer value is in milliseconds
setTimeout(3000, displayDone);
setTimeout(displayDone, 3000);
```
### Anonymous functions
@ -151,9 +151,9 @@ When we are passing a function as a parameter we can bypass creating one in adva
Let's rewrite the code above to use an anonymous function:
```javascript
setTimeout(3000, function() {
setTimeout(function() {
console.log('3 seconds has elapsed');
});
}, 3000);
```
If you run our new code you'll notice we get the same results. We've created a function, but didn't have to give it a name!
@ -165,9 +165,9 @@ One shortcut common in a lot of programming languages (including JavaScript) is
Let's rewrite our code one more time to use a fat arrow function:
```javascript
setTimeout(3000, () => {
setTimeout(() => {
console.log('3 seconds has elapsed');
});
}, 3000);
```
### When to use each strategy

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