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

Songs aren't rendering properly, but the data is there.

My playlist is showing both song objects, but they are showing as "[object Object][object Object]"

If I jump into the console and look up the data it is there. Typing playlist.songs[1].title returns the title of the song.

Here's my files:

song.js

function Song(title, artist, duration) {
  this.title = title;
  this.artist = artist;
  this.duration = duration;
  this.isPlaying = false;
}

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;
};

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];
  }
};

app.js

var playlist = new Playlist();

var heyEverybody = new Song("Hey Everybody", "Gargamel!", "1:15");
var murmaider = new Song("Murmaider", "Dethklock", "4:25");

playlist.add(heyEverybody);
playlist.add(murmaider);

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

playlist.renderInElement(playlistElement);

1 Answer

Aaaand I found it. Wasn't calling the toHTML method of the playlist's songs.