{"id":319,"date":"2018-09-13T22:40:06","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T22:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.projectimmerse.com\/?p=319"},"modified":"2020-06-17T08:12:08","modified_gmt":"2020-06-17T08:12:08","slug":"javascript-fundamentals-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.projectimmerse.com\/blog\/javascript-fundamentals-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Javascript Fundamentals Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Javascript Fundamentals Part 2. Javascript is such an endless pit of code this will be somewhat of an infinite series of parts.<\/p>\n<p>To recap, I covered data types, loops, and a few conditional structures in part 1 of this series. I&#8217;ve decided to cover object method and properties &#8211; a few basic ones. <\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ve probably heard this one before.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Everything in Javascript is an object.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Well this is true &#8211; except it gets really confusing because there are other types in Javascript. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>String<\/li>\n<li>Number<\/li>\n<li>Array<\/li>\n<li>Boolean<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>So what data type is this supposed to be?<\/h2>\n<pre class=\"brush: jscript; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\r\n\r\n\/\/ Is this an array data type\r\n\/\/ Or an object data type?\r\nvar isThisAnObject = new Array();\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>I guess it would be proper to say that an array is an object, so instead of separating the two keywords to distinguish a data type &#8211; you can just call it an &#8220;Array Object&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>Arrays are objects because we can perform or execute methods and properties on arrays like we would an object. Consider the following. <\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: jscript; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\r\n\r\n\/\/ let's use an object literal instead\r\n\/\/ to create an array\r\n\r\nvar arrayObject = &#x5B;1, 2, 3, 4, 5];\r\n\r\n\/\/ let's get the length of our\r\n\/\/ defined array\r\n\r\nconsole.log(arrayObject.length); \/\/ will output 5\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>The length property is accessed using object dot notation, we simply chain a property to our target array object.<\/p>\n<h2>What about an array method?<\/h2>\n<p>It&#8217;s the same deal, we use object notation to access an object method. <\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: jscript; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\r\n\r\nvar arrayObjectSort = &#x5B;4, 3, 1, 2, 5];\r\n\r\nconsole.log(arrayObjectSort.sort()); \r\n\r\n\/\/ will output &#x5B;1, 2, 3, 4, 5]\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>The sort() method will do the work for us simply by &#8220;envoking&#8221; or &#8220;calling&#8221; the sort() method. Running any additional property or method on an any type of object works exactly the same. So once you get the hang of it, it&#8217;s the same all across the board.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: jscript; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\r\n\r\nvar arrayObjectReverse = &#x5B;1, 2, 3, 4, 5];\r\n\r\nconsole.log(arrayObjectReverse.reverse());\r\n\r\n\/\/ will output &#x5B;5, 4, 3, 2, 1]\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>Javascript has a lot of built in object properties and methods &#8211; instead of memorizing all of them I would focus more on a thorough understanding of objects work. Just like what were doing here. <\/p>\n<h2>What if I have some property of method that&#8217;s not built-in?<\/h2>\n<p>Well in this case you will have to write one of your own &#8211; and this is where things get really interesting. But were jumping ahead here. In order to effectively write our own methods and properties, we also need a thorough understanding of how functions work. Note that functions themselves are also object or &#8220;first class citizens&#8221; in that they can be passed around like the other data types mentioned. Yeah I know what you&#8217;re thinking, this is getting super complicated. Well I&#8217;m not going to lie, it is and it&#8217;s just something you have to grind through as a programmer. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Javascript Fundamentals Part 2. Javascript is such an endless pit of code this will be somewhat of an infinite series of parts. To recap, I covered data types, loops, and a few conditional structures in part 1 of this series. 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