WHAT DOES THIS MEAN??

andrewpartrickmiller

For instance an ArrayBuffer instance be accessed with a Float64Array where each set of 8 bytes is interpreted as a 64-bit floating point number, or an Int32Array where each 4 bytes represents a 32bit, two's complement signed integer or a Uint8Array where each byte represents an unsigned integer between 0-255. For more info and a full list of possible typed arrays see "JavaScript Typed Arrays" by MDN web docs.

For instance an ArrayBuffer instance be accessed with a Float64Array

two's complement signed integer or a Uint8Array where each byte represents an unsigned integer between 0-255.

👆🏻 What does this mean

This section is incredibly convoluted to me. Please help me understand it.

https://trainingportal.linuxfoundation.org/learn/course/nodejs-application-development-lfw211/using-buffers/using-buffers

davidmarkclements

@andrewpartrickmiller this particular section is more like bonus background material, mentioned in passing for if you want to dig deeper. That's why the JavaScript Typed Arrays article on MDN is mentioned so you can dive deeper for extra reading if desired. See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Typed_arrays for a full explanation of ArrayBuffers etc.

andrewpartrickmiller

@davidmarkclements Thanks!