A more functional approach to the challenge (AKA My solution)

Question

I decided to write a function that would handle the creation of the student objects like this:

function newStudent (name, track, achievements, points) {
  var student = {};
  student.name = name;
  student.track = track;
  student.achievements = achievements;
  student.points = points;
  return student;
}

Then I only need to create the array and start pushing elements into it like this

var students = [];
students.push(newStudent('Joe', 'iOS Development', 3, 1000));
students.push(newStudent('Jane', 'Front-End Development', 5, 1546));

Answer 1 · 2015-07-01T13:59:01Z

July 1, 2015 1:59pm

You could also build it as a constructor function. Cuts down a few lines of code and opens up the possibility of branching off the Student prototype to create subclasses if needed.

function Student (name, track, achievements, points) {
  this.name = name;
  this.track = track;
  this.achievements = achievements;
  this.points = points;
}

var students = [];
students.push(new Student('Joe', 'iOS Development', 3, 1000));
students.push(new Student('Jane', 'Front-End Development', 5, 1546));

Answer 2 · 2016-03-08T17:31:53Z

March 8, 2016 5:31pm

Constructor functions look like an awesome way to build out clean, elegant expressions. What resources do you recommend that I check out so that I can learn more about them?

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