Variable vs Object

Great question Jesse,

First, here's some documentation to help get you started (MDN is a great resource):

1. Data Types
2. Object

In the grand scheme of things, I think of all variables as objects, actually I consider everything an object...

But, in your case, seeing that you are in the Javascript basics class. Let's narrow down the scope and consider just user defined variables (system Javascript has system defined variables, objects and probably a bunch of other stuff).

Therefore in your individual scripts, the only variables are the ones you (the author) declares with var (and let or const, the updated new and improved replacements to var). And, objects are 1 of seven types of variables you can define.

So, play around with your own scripts, with stuff like the following:

// User defined variables and objects

// the 7 data types
let booleanVariable = true;
console.log(booleanVariable);
let nullVariable = null;
console.log(nullVariable);
let undefinedVariable = undefined;
console.log(undefinedVariable);
let numberVariable = 42;
console.log(numberVariable);
let stringVariable = 'A string in here';
console.log(stringVariable);
let symbolVariable = Symbol('Silly Symbol');
console.log(symbolVariable);
let objectVariable = {
    name : 'Funny',
    type : 'Object'
};
console.log(objectVariable);

// output
true
null
undefined
42
A string in here
Symbol(Silly Symbol)
{ name: 'Funny', type: 'Object' }