In the vernacular, scope and context have a lot in common. Which is why I get confused when I read references to both, such as in the quote below from an article on closures:
Scope refers to where variables and functions are accessible, and in what context it is being executed. (@robertnyman)
As far as I can tell, context is just a reference to an object.
Can someone please explain what exactly is context, as used, for instance, in the jQuery syntax, $(selector, context)
. And is an object's scope the same at it's context?
Update:
I found this interesting article that talks about both scope and context in JavaScript.
http://www.digital-web.com/articles/scope_in_javascript/
"Context", as used in this jQuery example, is not a JavaScript term. It is just the name of a variable. It is documented with the rest of the jQuery documentation: http://api.jquery.com/jQuery/#selector-context
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