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JavaScript Practice Getters and Setters in JavaScript Practicing Getters and Setters Creating a Setter Method Solution

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Should the getter for the setter be before the setter or after?

Just out of curiosity. In the tutorial it showed the writing of the setter first, and then the getter for that setter was added in and placed BEFORE the setter.

My question is, does it matter if the getter that returns the backing property of the setter is written before or after its corresponding setter?

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Tim Danner
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Tim Danner
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It shouldn't matter when it comes to functionality, but it's good practice to put getter before setter for better readability.

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Thanks a lot! I figured as much but I wanted to know what was proper etiquette for future reference. Thanks again for the fast response!