--- title: JavaScript Arrow Functions vs Regular Functions | daily.dev description: Learn the difference between regular function syntax and arrow function syntax in JavaScript, how to access arguments with both types of functions, and when to... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/javascript-arrow-functions-vs-regular-functions-vu6toyel5 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: JavaScript Arrow Functions vs Regular Functions | daily.dev og:description: Learn the difference between regular function syntax and arrow function syntax in JavaScript, how to access arguments with both types of functions, and when to... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/javascript-arrow-functions-vs-regular-functions-vu6toyel5 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/vu6ToyEl5.png og:image:alt: JavaScript Arrow Functions vs Regular Functions og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # JavaScript Arrow Functions vs Regular Functions **[freeCodeCamp](https://daily.dev/sources/freecodecamp)** · 6 min read · 273 upvotes · 9 comments ## Summary Learn the difference between regular function syntax and arrow function syntax in JavaScript, how to access arguments with both types of functions, and when to use each type. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@chran0** · 1 upvotes > Much more concise. **@sinisterchef** · 0 upvotes > This is great, Thank you. **@nowed** · 0 upvotes > This is a topic that should be spoken more about with Junior devs. Nice one! **@yagdrassyl** · 0 upvotes > Good article. > To add a little bit to the end of the article: > > I also believe it's important to mention that, when choosing which one to use, it's important to bring into the picture the developer or whoever is reading the file: sometimes, it's way easier to understand at a glance that a function is a function when the word function appears in the declaration (specially in big files). **@bishwajit2810** · 0 upvotes > Great > But The most important thing is readability and understanding for the upcoming devs. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your 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