What are the standard practices for throwing JavasScript Exceptions?

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Published on 2010-05-13T08:50:04Z Indexed on 2010/05/13 10:34 UTC
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w3schools says that exceptions can be strings, integers, booleans, or objects, but the example given doesn't strike me as good practice, since exception type checking is done through string comparison. Is this the preferred method of exception handling in JavaScript? Are there built-in exception types (like NullPointerException)? (if so, what are they, what kind of inheritance do they use, and are they preferred over other options?)

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