The Complete Rules to `new`

The 'new' keyword is a central part of object-oriented programming in JavaScript. This lesson will discuss how it turns a normal function into a constructor. We'll cover all of the logic that the engine inserts into our function calls when we use 'new' and how it helps us write powerful code.

Javascript’s “new” Keyword Explained as Simply as Possible

Normal Function Call

To explain what new does, let’s start with just a normal function, called without new. We want to write a function that will create “person” objects. It’ll give these objects name and age properties based on parameters that it takes in.

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