Understanding JavaScript Closures

Understanding JavaScript Closures: "JavaScript closures are considered to be advanced stuff, reserved for the gurus of the field. A lot has been written about them, but mostly in the academic realm, with little or no attempt made to make the topic understandable to the non-scholar. That's really a shame, because closures are the answer to the problem of how to bind variables to functions that are called at a later time. Today's article will explain what closures are, outline some common dilemmas, and present ways that closures can be utilized to overcome them."