Using the variable “name” doesn't work with a JS object

Question

The behaviour can be seen in this little snippet (execute it as a global script):

var name = {};
name.FirstName = \'Tom\';
alert(name.FirstName);
         


        

Answer 1

With ES6+, you could write your code as let name or const name. This won't assign it or try to override window.name. More on that here.

let name = {};
name.FirstName = 'Tom';
alert(name.FirstName);