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EPISODE · Jun 15, 2026 · 11 MIN

EP13 — Objects — How They Really Work

from Oh, That's Why. · host Gize Bonilla

An object is just key-value pairs. So why does a property sometimesrefuse to update with no error? Why is a key missing from your loopeven though it's right there in the object?In this episode, Alex Vega explains property descriptors — writable,enumerable, configurable — through a museum exhibit analogy, and coversObject.freeze, Object.seal, and the modern shorthand syntax that canquietly interact with all of it.Oh, That's Why. — JavaScript, finally making sense.You can find the Medium article here.#JavaScript, #Web Development, #Programming, #Software Engineering,#Learning to Code

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