Thomas Steiner • 7/26/2025

What a diff'rence a semicolon makes

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The article details a debugging experience where a missing semicolon before an IIFE led to the error 'TypeError: console.log(...) is not a function'. It explains the JavaScript parsing issue and references explanations from StackOverflow and Chris Coyier's Web Development Merit Badges.

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