Intro to JavaScript Objects

About

This module offers a beginner-friendly introduction to JavaScript objects, covering their basic purpose, syntax, and core functions like creation, accessing, and assigning data. It’s designed for those starting out and gradually guides them towards intermediate topics. Students will learn not only how to work with object properties but also understand the importance of methods in making objects more interactive and functional. This module serves as an ideal foundation for anyone looking to deepen their understanding of JavaScript objects.

Content

Lesson	Skills
Setup	Setting up the development environment
Concepts	Defining object purpose and syntax
Fundamentals	Object creation, access, and assignment
Manipulation	Changing and deleting properties in objects
Methods	Creating and calling methods on objects
Data Structures	Combining objects and arrays to form common data structures

Level Up content

Lesson	Skills
`this`	A brief introduction to this in Javascript
Getters and Setters	Getters and setters in JavaScript objects
Iterating through properties	Iterating over object properties with `for...in` loops and ES2017 methods.
Property shorthand syntax	Property shorthand syntax in object creation
How variables reference objects	How variables reference objects in memory
Square-bracket syntax	Dynamic property access using square bracket notation
Prototyping and Inheritance	Prototypes and inheritance in JavaScript

References

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