JavaScript Passion

I've built an application that wastes 40% of its time collecting garbage, and I'm at my wit… Read more How Can I Log What Is Being Garbage Collected In My Javascript Code?

I am trying to understand why the following code causes a memory leak Here is the timeline showin… Read more Javascript Memory Leak From Closure Lexical Environment

I'm using John Resig's recipe for JavaScript 'classes' and inheritance. I've st… Read more How Do I Explicitly Release A Javascript Object From Within The Object?

I've read in V8 wiki that there's large object space in heap which is not moved by GC. Lar… Read more How Does V8 Handle Objects In "large Object Space"

This is a question that surged from this other one: Best practice to have the same view and store m… Read more Are Stores Created In The Initcomponent Function Memory Leaks Once The Component Is Destroyed Or Will These Stores Be Garbage Collected?

When I have some function that uses variables from its enclosing scope(s) and use that function out… Read more Over How Much Of Its Enclosing Scope Does A (javascript) Closure Close?

I've built an application that wastes 40% of its time collecting garbage, and I'm at my wit… Read more How Can I Log What Is Being Garbage Collected In My Javascript Code?