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Speaking Javascript

####Which sections were interesting?
I was interested by the idea of using IIFE's to avoid creating variables in the global scope, as variable scope was something I struggled with on my personal project. I was also interested by the idea of binding an extracted method to its original object.

####Which sections did you totally skim?
Chapter 17 was a burnout. I started reading it, but it's just too dense and long to retain much information. I think it might be valuable to go back to and refer to later once we have a better JS foundation, but right now, it's a bit overwhelming.

####Do you think the reading was valuable?
Yes, except for the last chapter. But I also think that reading without exercising the new concepts is fairly useless, so it's kind of on us to make the most of the reading by trying out examples in the console.

####Which topics were notably confusing? I found the general onslaught of terms used to describe JavaScript to be a little confusing. In the reading, it was a lot of nuanced vocabulary to keep straight in your head. I found myself confused when reading about the prototype chain with subconstructors, etc.

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