JavaScript Scope (Practice Interview Question)

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If we execute this Javascript, what will the browser's console show?

var text = 'outside'; function logIt(){ console.log(text); var text = 'inside'; }; logIt();

It's not "outside".

It's not "inside".

The script won't throw an error!

Actually, we don't support password-based login. Never have. Just the OAuth methods above. Why?

It's easy and quick. No "reset password" flow. No password to forget.
It lets us avoid storing passwords that hackers could access and use to try to log into our users' email or bank accounts.
It makes it harder for one person to share a paid Interview Cake account with multiple people.

Actually, we don't support password-based login. Never have. Just the OAuth methods above. Why?

It's easy and quick. No "reset password" flow. No password to forget.
It lets us avoid storing passwords that hackers could access and use to try to log into our users' email or bank accounts.
It makes it harder for one person to share a paid Interview Cake account with multiple people.

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