Now that we have declared the pet class and

created its constructor method, let's outline what properties that

objects of this class type will have available to them.

The object literals in the pets.js file have three properties,

animal, age, and breed.

I think you'll agree that these are appropriate to use in this pet

class as well.

If we were writing a Dog class instead,

the animal property would be pretty redundant, so we could leave that one out.

But since we're writing a Pet class, it's important to keep.

To include a property in a constructor method,

you write the word this, followed by a dot, followed by the name of the property.

If you recall, when we want to add a property to an object literal,

the syntax is the name of the object literal, followed by a dot, and

then the new property.

We use this same pattern in the constructor method,

except instead of the object name, we are using keyword this.

That's because the this keyword inside a constructor method

is referring to the object that is being created.

The keyword this has different meanings depending on where it's used,

which is often confusing, even to experienced JavaScript developers.

We don't get into the keyword this too much in this course, but

it's an important concept to know.

So I've included some links to other Treehouse courses and workshops and

some outside documentation that can help you understand this a little better.

So to add the animal property, we type this.animal.

Now we have to set it equal to a value.

But how do we know what to set it to?

Later on, when we create an instance of our Pet class, and

this constructor method is invoked, we'll pass it the value that we want to use.

That means our constructor method must be able to accept a parameter.

To do that, inside the parentheses, we type the word animal.

Now we can set our animal property equal to this parameter.

Okay, let's add our other two properties, and then we'll take a break.

First, we'll add the parameters for age and breed.

Then just like we did for the animal property, we'll create new properties for

age and breed and set them equal to the parameters.

Wow, great job.

Congrats on completing your very first constructor method.

This is is amazing progress, and I'm really proud of you.

Let's take a break here to celebrate our accomplishment, and when we come back,

we'll instantiate some pet objects and start to see the fruits of our labor.

See you soon.