\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. Would be lovely. \usepackage[normalem]{ulem} % For underlining links % Most of the following are not required for the majority % of cheat sheets but are needed for some symbol support. \usepackage{amsmath} % Symbols \usepackage{MnSymbol} % Symbols \usepackage{wasysym} % Symbols %\usepackage[english,german,french,spanish,italian]{babel} % Languages % Document Info \author{Techelopment (techelopment)} \pdfinfo{ /Title (javascript-basics.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (Techelopment (techelopment)) /Subject (JavaScript Basics Cheat Sheet) } % Lengths and widths \addtolength{\textwidth}{6cm} \addtolength{\textheight}{-1cm} \addtolength{\hoffset}{-3cm} \addtolength{\voffset}{-2cm} \setlength{\tabcolsep}{0.2cm} % Space between columns \setlength{\headsep}{-12pt} % Reduce space between header and content \setlength{\headheight}{85pt} % If less, LaTeX automatically increases it \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove footer line \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove header line \renewcommand{\seqinsert}{\ifmmode\allowbreak\else\-\fi} % Hyphens in seqsplit % This two commands together give roughly % the right line height in the tables \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3} \onehalfspacing % Commands \newcommand{\SetRowColor}[1]{\noalign{\gdef\RowColorName{#1}}\rowcolor{\RowColorName}} % Shortcut for row colour \newcommand{\mymulticolumn}[3]{\multicolumn{#1}{>{\columncolor{\RowColorName}}#2}{#3}} % For coloured multi-cols \newcolumntype{x}[1]{>{\raggedright}p{#1}} % New column types for ragged-right paragraph columns \newcommand{\tn}{\tabularnewline} % Required as custom column type in use % Font and Colours \definecolor{HeadBackground}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{FootBackground}{HTML}{666666} \definecolor{TextColor}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{DarkBackground}{HTML}{A3A3A3} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{F3F3F3} \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} \color{TextColor} % Header and Footer \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyhead{} % Set header to blank \fancyfoot{} % Set footer to blank \fancyhead[L]{ \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{C} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \vspace{-7pt} {\parbox{\dimexpr\textwidth-2\fboxsep\relax}{\noindent \hspace*{-6pt}\includegraphics[width=5.8cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/images/cheatography_logo.pdf}} } \end{tabulary} \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{11cm}{L} \vspace{-2pt}\large{\bf{\textcolor{DarkBackground}{\textrm{JavaScript Basics Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{Techelopment (techelopment)} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/212073/cs/46055/}}} \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \fancyfoot[L]{ \footnotesize \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{LL} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheatographer}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Techelopment (techelopment) \\ \uline{cheatography.com/techelopment} \\ \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheat Sheet}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Published 3rd April, 2025.\\ Updated 3rd April, 2025.\\ Page {\thepage} of \pageref{LastPage}. \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sponsor}} \\ \SetRowColor{white} \vspace{-5pt} %\includegraphics[width=48px,height=48px]{dave.jpeg} Measure your website readability!\\ www.readability-score.com \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \begin{document} \raggedright \raggedcolumns % Set font size to small. Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{2} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4.028 cm} x{2.584 cm} x{0.988 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Variables}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `\{\{lang-javascript\}\}let x = 10;` & block scope & most used \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} `\{\{lang-javascript\}\}const MAX = 100;` & constant values & \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `\{\{lang-javascript\}\}var y = 10;` & global or function scope & old usage \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{5.36 cm} x{2.64 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Operators}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `\{\{lang-javascript\}\}let x = 10;` & assignment \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} `\{\{lang-javascript\}\}x == "Hello"` & comparison \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `\{\{lang-javascript\}\}x === "Hello"` & strict comparison \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} `\{\{lang-javascript\}\}\&\&` & logical AND \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `\{\{lang-javascript\}\}||` & logical OR \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} `\{\{lang-javascript\}\}!` & logical negation \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{6.8 cm} x{1.2 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Data Types}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `\{\{lang-javascript\}\}let num = 10;` & \seqsplit{Number} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} `\{\{lang-javascript\}\}let str = "Hello";` & \seqsplit{String} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `\{\{lang-javascript\}\}let isTrue = true` & \seqsplit{Boolean} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} `\{\{lang-javascript\}\}let arr = {[}1, 2, 3{]}` & Array \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `\{\{lang-javascript\}\}let obj = \{ a:1, b:2, c:"three" \}` & \seqsplit{Object} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4.64 cm} x{3.36 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Array}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `\{\{lang-javascript\}\}let array = {[}"a","b","c"{]}` & array definition \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} `\{\{lang-javascript\}\}array.length //3` & number of elements in array \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `\{\{lang-javascript\}\}array{[}0{]} // a` & access first element \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} `\{\{lang-javascript\}\}array{[}n{]} //0=\textless{}n\textless{}array.length` & access n\textasciicircum{}th\textasciicircum{} element \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 3) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `\{\{lang-javascript\}\}array{[}4{]} // error` & 4 grater then length of array \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} `\{\{lang-javascript\}\}array{[}array.length - 1{]} // c` & access last element \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Comments}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{`\{\{lang-javascript\}\}// this is a one line comment`} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{`\{\{lang-javascript\}\}/* this is a multiple \{\{nl\}\} lines comment \{\{nl\}\} also called block comment */`} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Object}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\{\{lang-javascript\}\}let object = \{ \newline name: "Alice", \newline age: 30 \newline \}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Unlike JSON, a JavaScript object does not have double quotes (") in the property name} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4.96 cm} x{3.04 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Object usage}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `\{\{lang-javascript\}\}object.name // Alice` & dot notation \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} `\{\{lang-javascript\}\}object{[}"name"{]} // Alice` & property access notation \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{`\{\{lang-javascript\}\}object.age // 30`} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} `\{\{lang-javascript\}\}object.gender // undefined` & non-existent property \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{try...catch...finally}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\{\{lang-javscript\}\}try\{ \newline //code might throw an error \newline \} catch(err) \{ \newline console.error("Error occurred", err.message); \newline \} finally \{ \newline console.log("Operation completed"); \newline \}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{try: This block contains code that might throw an exception (an error) \newline catch: This block handles the exception if an error occurs in the try block \newline finally: This block always executes, regardless of whether an error occurs or not} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Function}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\{\{lang-javascript\}\}function greet() \{ \newline console.log("Hello") \newline \}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{function definition} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Function with parameter}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\{\{lang-javascript\}\}function greet(name="Alice") \{ \newline console.log("Hello") \newline \}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{parameter name with default value "Alice"} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}