Short Answer It’s boilerplate code that protects users from accidentally invoking the script when they didn’t intend to. Here are some common problems when the guard is omitted from a script: If you import the guardless script in another script (e.g. import my_script_without_a_name_eq_main_guard), then the latter script will trigger the former to run at import … Read more
The difference is that functionOne is a function expression and so only defined when that line is reached, whereas functionTwo is a function declaration and is defined as soon as its surrounding function or script is executed (due to hoisting). For example, a function expression: // TypeError: functionOne is not a function functionOne(); var functionOne … Read more
Introduction If __name__ == “__main__”: is a special statement in Python that is used to execute some code only if the file is run directly. This statement is used to check whether the current file is being imported from another module or not. If the file is being imported from another module, the code inside … Read more
Short Answer It’s boilerplate code that protects users from accidentally invoking the script when they didn’t intend to. Here are some common problems when the guard is omitted from a script: If you import the guardless script in another script (e.g. import my_script_without_a_name_eq_main_guard), then the latter script will trigger the former to run at import … Read more