use strict + var
examples/js/var_strict.js
"use strict"; var colour = "green"; console.log(colour); // green paint_house(); console.log(colour); // green // There are lots of lines of code here. // So many lines that the next part is on another page: function paint_house() { color = "blue"; }
examples/js/var_strict.txt
green .../examples/intro/var_strict.js:12 color = "blue"; ^ ReferenceError: color is not defined at paint_house (.../examples/intro/var_strict.js:12:11) at Object.<anonymous> (.../examples/intro/var_strict.js:5:1) at Module._compile (module.js:460:26) at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:478:10) at Module.load (module.js:355:32) at Function.Module._load (module.js:310:12) at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:501:10) at startup (node.js:129:16) at node.js:814:3 [Finished in 0.103s]