example java script class with functions
Example 1: javascript new function as class
// Javascript Function that behaves as class, with private variables
function Person(name){
const birth = new Date();
this.greet = () => `Hello my name is ${name}. I was born at ${birth.toISOString()}`;
}
const joe = new Person("Joe");
joe.greet(); // Hello my name is Joe. I was born at 2021-04-09T21:12:33.098Z
// The birth variable is "inaccessible" from outside so "private"
Example 2: javascript classes
//use classes by initiating one like so:
class MyClass {
constructor(FirstProperty, SecondProperty, etcetera) {
//The constructor function is called with the new class
//instance's parameters, so this will be called like so:
//var classExample = new MyClass("FirstProperty's Value", ...)
this.firstProperty = FirstProperty;
this.secondProperty = SecondProperty;
}
//creat methods just like functions:
method(Parameters) {
//Code Here
}
//getters are properties that are calculated when called, versus fixed
//variables, but still have no parenthesis when used
get getBothValues()
{
return [firstProperty, secondProperty];
}
}
//Note: this is all syntax sugar reducing the boilerplate versus a
// function-defined object.