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JavaScript

Eric Kidwell
Eric Kidwell
12,327 Points
Posted by Eric Kidwell
Eric Kidwell
12,327 Points

Why is it important to learn the different object notations in JavaScript?

Why is it important to learn the different object notations in JavaScript? (Such as literal, dot, constructor, etc)

It seems to me that I'd just want to use literal all the time. Is that wrong? I wonder if there are situations where using the others are beneficial in certain situations, but I can't think of any.

2 Answers

Eric Kidwell
Eric Kidwell
12,327 Points
Eric Kidwell
Eric Kidwell
12,327 Points

From what I can tell from my research:

objects created with literal notation are good:

  1. when you are storing/transmitting data between applications
  2. for global or configuration objects that set up information for the page

Objects created with constructors are good when:

  1. you have lots of objects used with similar functionality (ie, multiple slide shows, media players, game characters) within a page
  2. a complex object might not be used in the code
David Smith
David Smith
21,220 Points
David Smith
David Smith
21,220 Points

the link below are an answer regarding the difference between literal and constructor to create objects

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12356994/literal-notation-vs-constructor-to-create-objects-in-javascript