Questions tagged [garbage-collection]

Automated memory management, commonly referred to as garbage collection (GC), is a technique aimed at regaining the allocated space taken up by objects that are no longer utilized within the program.

Issue with video.js text track memory leakage (WebVTT/VTT)

I am utilizing Video Text Tracks to showcase advanced live information on top of the video. A new video is loaded every few minutes, each with its own .webvtt file (consisting of 2-3k lines). Although everything is functioning properly, there is a persis ...

Delete JavaScript functions and events from memory once the JavaScript code has been removed from the HTML file

I am encountering a situation with my website where popups loaded via ajax also load JavaScript code, which I want to remove when the popup is closed. The main site code looks like this: <body> ... <div id="popup" style="display:none"> < ...

New method for obliterating a controller with the usage of the as and this structure

Is there a different approach to destroy a controller when using the 'as' syntax and binding values on the controller, or should I still rely on the scope? For example, if a controller is declared in the dom using the 'as' syntax: <section ng-controll ...

Verifying that objects are eligible for garbage collection

My program in node.js receives a high volume of messages. Each time a message is received, I create a new object and pass the message content to it. Inside the constructor of the new object, various operations are performed, including some mongo tasks with ...

Is the automatic garbage collection of components a built-in feature of

Consider this scenario, where I have the following HTML document: <html> <head>... including all the necessary js and css files here...</head> <body> <div class="placeholderForExtPanel"></div> </b ...