Programming with Objects
Explore how to build JavaScript objects and define methods through an engaging mini RPG example. Understand object properties, methods, and the 'this' keyword to grasp fundamental object-oriented programming concepts in JavaScript.
Many books and courses teach object-oriented programming through examples involving animals, cars or bank accounts. Let’s try something cooler and create a mini-role playing game (RPG) using objects. In a role-playing game, each character is defined by many attributes like strength, stamina or intelligence. Here’s the character screen of a very popular online RPG.
In our simpler example, a character will have three attributes:
- her name,
- her health (number of life points),
- her strength.
A naive example
Let me introduce you to Aurora, our first RPG character.
The aurora object has three properties: name, health and strength.
As you can see, you can assign numbers, strings, and even other objects to properties!
Aurora is about to start a series of ...