How to declare string constants in JavaScript? [duplicate]

Answer 1

So many ways to skin this cat. You can do this in a closure. This code will give you a read-only , namespaced way to have constants. Just declare them in the Public area.

//Namespaced Constants
var MyAppName;
//MyAppName Namespace
(function (MyAppName) {
    //MyAppName.Constants Namespace
    (function (Constants) {
        //Private
        function createConstant(name, val) {
            Object.defineProperty(MyAppName.Constants, name, {
                value: val,
                writable: false
            });
        }

        //Public
        Constants.FOO = createConstant("FOO", 1);
        Constants.FOO2 = createConstant("FOO2", 1);

        MyAppName.Constants = Constants;
    })(MyAppName.Constants || (MyAppName.Constants = {}));
})(MyAppName || (MyAppName = {}));

Usage:

console.log(MyAppName.Constants.FOO);       //prints 1
MyAppName.Constants.FOO = 2;
console.log(MyAppName.Constants.FOO);       //does not change - still prints 1