Python to JavaScript converter

You can actually run a Python interpreter directly in JS thanks to emscripten. The project is called empythoned: Empythoned is a build script that uses Emscripten to compile CPython for use in a browser. It attempts to compile the main interpreter as a single small executable and the whole standard library as dynamically loaded libraries. but be … Read more

Check if a variable is a string in JavaScript

You can use typeof operator: Example from this webpage. (Example was slightly modified though). This won’t work as expected in the case of strings created with new String(), but this is seldom used and recommended against[1][2]. See the other answers for how to handle these, if you so desire. The Google JavaScript Style Guide says to never use primitive object … Read more

JS – ReferenceError: fetch is not defined

You’re running it on Node JS instance in Paiza.io. Use CodeSandbox or CodePen for running your code please. And here… Paiza runs on Node JS not on Browser. In your example, you need to use fetch() this way:  Run code snippetExpand snippet Here’s the Code Sandbox: exciting-bhaskara-sksve The fetch() API is a browser API implemented in the major browsers. If you are planning to use … Read more

What is the “right” JSON date format?

JSON itself does not specify how dates should be represented, but JavaScript does. You should use the format emitted by Date‘s toJSON method: 2012-04-23T18:25:43.511Z Here’s why: It’s human readable but also succinct It sorts correctly It includes fractional seconds, which can help re-establish chronology It conforms to ISO 8601 ISO 8601 has been well-established internationally for more than a decade ISO 8601 is endorsed … Read more

JavaScript null check

An “undefined variable” is different from the value undefined. An undefined variable: A variable with the value undefined: When a function takes an argument, that argument is always declared even if its value is undefined, and so there won’t be any error. You are right about != null followed by !== undefined being useless, though.