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Nicholas Lansing
8,901 Pointsexplain the new Profile
can someone help explain the line var studentProfile = new Profile("..")? This part isn't explained in the video (unless I missed it somewhere). Seems like the Profile is an object that we are creating?
Thanks for the help!
1 Answer
Steven Parker
229,783 PointsYou're exactly right. That code creates a new object of the Profile class and calls it studentProfile.
The "Profile" class is defined in the separate module named "profile.js".
Nicholas Lansing
8,901 PointsNicholas Lansing
8,901 PointsI can see the function there, but I guess where I got confused was that Profile is declared as a function and not as a class which is why I hadn't seen before. I guess I may just need to get a better understanding of classes... But thank you for the help!
Steven Parker
229,783 PointsSteven Parker
229,783 PointsThe "class" syntax and keyword is a recent addition to the language. The previous convention (which is still valid) is to use the "new" keyword to call a named constructor function to create an instance.
Nicholas Lansing
8,901 PointsNicholas Lansing
8,901 Pointsahh thank you for that! That would explain it then, I will check out constructor functions to understand declaring classes this way. Thanks!