Alice's Adventures in Memoryland
summary
Explains how JavaScript objects become zeros and ones by tracing allocation from virtual RAM to physical cells, demonstrates heap snapshots in Chrome DevTools, describes V8 memory layout (stack, young generation 1–8MB split into from/to spaces, old generation) and GC algorithms (copying scavenger, mark‑sweep‑compact), cites that roughly 20% survive promotion, notes Orinoco runs scavenges and parallel major GC across up to seven threads, and shows string interning, shallow copy pitfalls, and when fragmentation forces compaction.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Introduction to memory in JavaScript
- 1:22Binary code and memory basics
- 3:52RAM and memory cells
- 6:22Heap and stack in JavaScript
- 8:11JavaScript engines like V8
- 9:15Memory allocation in V8
- 11:44String interning in JavaScript
- 13:08Modification by reference
- 15:56Garbage collection overview
- 17:41Young generation GC
- 20:52Old generation GC
- 24:26Mark-sweep-compact process
- 25:28Recap of memory journey
- 27:12Closing and resources
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