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Last active September 12, 2018 09:23
In this screencast, Jay McGavren gives you a clear, no-nonsense look at Javascript objects. You'll learn how properties and functions are woven together to make a complete object. You'll learn what's special about constructor functions (not that much), and how prototypes form the basis for creating new objects. If you're ready to take the next s…

Objects

To create a new object, use the new keyword followed by a call to a constructor function. Javascript provides the Object() constructor out-of-the-box:

var toilet = new Object();

Properties

Once you have an object, you can set and get properties on it, like this: