JavaScript code is compiled first, and then execute.
⛔ SyntaxError: unexpected token "xxx"
replit:
var greeting = "Hello";
console.log(greeting); // ⭐️ this line doesn't have a chance to run❗
greeting = ."Hi"; // ⭐️ error occurred in the "tokenizing" stage
// ↑ // of compilation❗
// ↑
// ⛔ SyntaxError: unexpected token .