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JavaScript Object-Oriented JavaScript (2015) Constructor Functions and Prototypes Making the UI Work

Sam Johnson
Sam Johnson
616 Points

Song list not being rendered Help!

I've completed this part of the playlist project however when I go to preview the song the list it not being displayed.

App.js

var playlist = new Playlist();

var yellowSubmarine = new Song("Yellow Submarine", "The Beatles", "3:56");
var everlong = new Song ("Everlong", "Foo Fighters", "3:12");

playlist.add(yellowSubmarine);
playlist.add(everlong);

var playlistElement = document.getElementById("playlist");

Playlist.js

function Playlist() {
  this.songs = [];
  this.nowPlayingIndex = 0;
}

Playlist.prototype.add = function(song) {
  this.songs.push(song);
};

Playlist.prototype.play = function() {
  var currentSong = this.songs[this.nowPlayingIndex];
  currentSong.play();
};

Playlist.prototype.stop = function(){
  var currentSong = this.songs[this.nowPlayingIndex];
  currentSong.stop();
};

Playlist.prototype.next = function() {
  this.stop();
  this.nowPlayingIndex++;
  if(this.nowPlayingIndex === this.songs.length){
    this.nowPlayingIndex = 0;
  }
  this.play();
};

Playlist.prototype.renderInElement = function(list) {
  list.innerHTML = "";
  for(var i = 0; i < this.songs.length; i++){
    list.innerHTML += this.songs[i].toHTML();
  }
};

Song.js

function Song(title, artist, duration) {
  this.title = title;
  this.artist = artist;
  this.duration = duration;
  this.isPlaying = false; 
}
console.log(Song.title);
Song.prototype.play = function() {
  this.isPlaying = true;
};

Song.prototype.stop = function() {
  this.isPlaying = false;
};

Song.prototype.toHTML = function() {
 var htmlString = '<li ';
 if(this.isPlaying){
  htmlString += ' class="current"';
  }
  htmlString += '>';
  htmlString += this.title;
  htmlString += ' - ';
  htmlString += this.artist;
  htmlString += '<span class="duration">';
  htmlString += this.duration;
  htmlString += '</span></li>';
  return htmlString;
};

Any help would be greatly appreciated thanks :)

1 Answer

Hey Sam,

It's probably not rendering because you didn't call playlist.renderInElement(playlistElement) in your app.js file. Fix that and it should work.

Sam Johnson
Sam Johnson
616 Points

That worked thanks Mikis!