Scope in JavaScript refers to context (or portion) of the code which determines the accessibility (visibility) of variables. In JavaScript, we have two types of scope, local , and global.

The JavaScript (npm) package that got compromised is called eslint-scope, a sub-module of the more famous ESLint, a JavaScript code analysis toolkit. Hacker gained access to a developer's npm account ...

Javascript should die in a fire ASAP. FWIW, I've been programming for 40 years, from assembly to Java to awk to apl. Javascript is the only one I learned to actively hate.