{
"name": "Object Oriented and Functional Programming",
"order": 7,
"time": "2h",
"note": [
"Methods",
"Closures",
"Factories",
"Pure Functions",
"Currying Functions",
"Functors",
"Currying Functions"
],
"challenges": [
{
"id":"cf1111c1c15feddfaeb1bdef",
"title": "Declare JavaScript Objects as Variables",
"description":[
"Before we dive into Object Oriented Programming, let's revisit JavaScript objects.",
"Give your motorBike
object a wheels
, engines
and seats
attribute and set them to numbers."
],
"tests":[
"assert(typeof motorBike.engines === 'number', 'message: motorBike
should have a engines
attribute set to a number.');",
"assert(typeof motorBike.wheels === 'number', 'message: motorBike
should have a wheels
attribute set to a number.');",
"assert(typeof motorBike.seats === 'number', 'message: motorBike
should have a seats
attribute set to a number.');"
],
"challengeSeed":[
"var car = {",
" \"wheels\":4,",
" \"engines\":1,",
" \"seats\":5",
"};",
"",
"var motorBike = {",
"",
" // Only change code below this line.",
"",
"",
"",
" // Only change code above this line.",
"",
"};"
],
"tail":[
"(function() {return JSON.stringify(motorBike);})();"
],
"solutions":[
"var car = {\n \"wheels\":4,\n \"engines\":1,\n \"seats\":5\n};\n\nvar motorBike = {\n \"wheels\": 4,\n \"engines\": 1,\n \"seats\": 2\n};"
],
"challengeType":1,
"type": "waypoint"
},
{
"id":"cf1111c1c15feddfaeb2bdef",
"title": "Construct JavaScript Objects with Functions",
"description":[
"We are also able to create objects using constructor
functions.",
"A constructor
function is given a capitalized name to make it clear that it is a constructor
.",
"Here's an example of a constructor
function:",
"var Car = function() {
",
" this.wheels = 4;
",
" this.engines = 1;
",
" this.seats = 1;
",
"};
",
"In a constructor
the this
variable refers to the new object being created by the constructor. So when we write,",
" this.wheels = 4;
",
"inside of the constructor
we are giving the new object it creates a property called wheels
with a value of 4
.",
"You can think of a constructor
as a description for the object it will create.",
"Have your MotorBike
constructor
describe an object with wheels
, engines
and seats
properties and set them to numbers."
],
"tests":[
"assert(typeof (new MotorBike()).engines === 'number', 'message: myMotorBike
should have a engines
attribute set to a number.');",
"assert(typeof (new MotorBike()).wheels === 'number', 'message: myMotorBike
should have a wheels
attribute set to a number.');",
"assert(typeof (new MotorBike()).seats === 'number', 'message: myMotorBike
should have a seats
attribute set to a number.');"
],
"challengeSeed":[
"var Car = function() {",
" this.wheels = 4;",
" this.engines = 1;",
" this.seats = 1;",
"};",
"",
"var myCar = new Car();",
"",
"// Only change code below this line.",
"",
"var MotorBike = function() {",
"",
"",
"",
"};"
],
"tail":[
"var myMotorBike = new MotorBike();",
"(function() {return JSON.stringify(myMotorBike);})();"
],
"solutions":[
"var Car = function() {\n this.wheels = 4;\n this.engines = 1;\n this.seats = 1;\n};\n\nvar myCar = new Car();\n\nvar MotorBike = function() {\n this.engines = 1;\n this.seats = 1;\n this.wheels = 4;\n};\n\nvar myMotorBike = new MotorBike();"
],
"challengeType":1,
"type": "waypoint"
},
{
"id":"cf1111c1c15feddfaeb4bdef",
"title":"Make Instances of Objects with a Constructor Function",
"description":[
"Now let's put that great constructor
function we made in the last lesson to use!",
"To use a constructor
function we call it with the new
keyword in front of it like:",
"var myCar = new Car();
",
"myCar
is now an instance
of the Car
constructor that looks like the object it described:",
"{
",
" wheels: 4,
",
" engines: 1,
",
" seats: 1
",
"}
",
"Note that it is important to use the new
keyword when calling a constructor. This is how Javascript knows to create a new object and that all the references to this
inside the constructor should be referring to this new object.",
"Now, once the myCar
instance
is created it can be used like any other object and can have its properties accessed and modified the same way you would usually. For example:",
"myCar.turboType = \"twin\";
",
"Our myCar
variable now has a property turboType
with a value of \"twin\"
.",
"In the editor, use the Car
constructor
to create a new instance
and assign it to myCar
.",
"Then give myCar
a nickname
property with a string value."
],
"tests":[
"assert((new Car()).wheels === 4, 'message: The property wheels
should still be 4
in the object constructor
.');",
"assert(typeof (new Car()).nickname === 'undefined', 'message: There should not be a property nickname
in the object constructor
.');",
"assert(myCar.wheels === 4, 'message: The property wheels
of myCar
should equal 4
.');",
"assert(typeof myCar.nickname === 'string', 'message: The property nickname
of myCar
should be a string.');"
],
"challengeSeed":[
"var Car = function() {",
" this.wheels = 4;",
" this.engines = 1;",
" this.seats = 1;",
"};",
"",
"// Only change code below this line.",
"",
"var myCar;"
],
"tail":[
"(function() {return JSON.stringify(myCar);})();"
],
"solutions":[
"var Car = function() {\n this.wheels = 4;\n this.engines = 1;\n this.seats = 1;\n};\n\nvar myCar = new Car();\n\nmyCar.nickname = \"Lucy\";"
],
"challengeType":1,
"type": "waypoint"
},
{
"id":"563cfb55594311ffcb333c70",
"title":"Make Unique Objects by Passing Parameters to our Constructor",
"description":[
"The constructor
we have is great, but what if we don't always want to create the same object?",
"To solve this we can add parameters
to our constructor
. We do this like the following example:",
"var Car = function(wheels, seats, engines) {
",
" this.wheels = wheels;
",
" this.seats = seats;
",
" this.engines = engines;
",
"};
",
"Now we can pass in arguments
when we call our constructor
.",
"var myCar = new Car(6, 3, 1);
",
"This code will create an object that uses the arguments
we passed in and looks like:",
"{
",
" wheels: 6,
",
" seats: 3,
",
" engines: 1
",
"}
",
"Now give it a try yourself! Alter the Car
constructor
to use parameters
to assign values to the wheels
, seats
, and engines
properties.",
"Then call your new constructor
with three number arguments
and assign it to myCar
to see it in action."
],
"tests":[
"assert((function(){var testCar = new Car(3,1,2); return testCar.wheels === 3 && testCar.seats === 1 && testCar.engines === 2;})(), 'message: Calling new Car(3,1,2)
should produce an object with a wheels
property of 3
, a seats
property of 1
, and an engines
property of 2
.');",
"assert(typeof myCar.wheels === 'number' && typeof myCar.seats === 'number' && typeof myCar.engines === 'number', 'message: myCar
should have number values for the wheels
, seats
, and engines
properties.');"
],
"challengeSeed":[
"var Car = function() {",
" //Change this constructor",
" this.wheels = 4;",
" this.seats = 1;",
" this.engines = 1;",
"};",
"",
"//Try it out here",
"var myCar;",
"",
"// Only change code above this line",
"",
"(function() {return JSON.stringify(myCar);})();"
],
"solutions":[
"var Car = function(wheels,seats,engines) {\n this.wheels = wheels;\n this.seats = seats;\n this.engines = engines;\n};\n\nvar myCar = new Car(4,1,1);"
],
"challengeType":1,
"type": "waypoint"
},
{
"id":"cf1111c1c15feddfaeb3bdef",
"title":"Make Object Properties Private",
"description":[
"Objects have their own attributes, called properties
, and their own functions, called methods
.",
"In the previous challenges, we used the this
keyword to reference public properties
of the current object.",
"We can also create private properties
and private methods
, which aren't accessible from outside the object.",
"To do this, we create the variable inside the constructor
using the var
keyword we're familiar with, instead of creating it as a property
of this
.",
"This is useful for when we need to store information about an object but we want to control how it is used by outside code.",
"For example, what if we want to store the speed
our car is traveling at but we only want outside code to be able to modify it by accelerating or decelerating, so the speed changes in a controlled way?",
"In the editor you can see an example of a Car
constructor
that implements this pattern.",
"Now try it yourself! Modify the Bike
constructor
to have a private property
called gear
and two public methods
called getGear
and setGear
to get and set that value."
],
"tests":[
"assert(typeof myBike.getGear !== 'undefined' && typeof(myBike.getGear) === 'function', 'message: The method getGear
of myBike
should be accessible outside the object.');",
"assert(typeof myBike.setGear !== 'undefined' && typeof(myBike.setGear) === 'function', 'message: The method setGear
of myBike
should be accessible outside the object.');",
"assert(typeof myBike.gear === 'undefined', 'message: myBike.gear
should remain undefined.');"
],
"challengeSeed":[
"var Car = function() {",
" // this is a private variable",
" var speed = 10;",
"",
" // these are public methods",
" this.accelerate = function(change) {",
" speed += change;",
" };",
"",
" this.decelerate = function() {",
" speed -= 5;",
" };",
"",
" this.getSpeed = function() {",
" return speed;",
" };",
"};",
"",
"var Bike = function() {",
"",
" // Only change code below this line.",
"",
"",
"",
" // Only change code above this line.",
"};",
"",
"var myCar = new Car();",
"",
"var myBike = new Bike();"
],
"tail":[
"if(myBike.hasOwnProperty('getGear')){(function() {return JSON.stringify(myBike.getGear());})();}"
],
"solutions":[
"var Car = function() {\n var speed = 10;\n\n this.accelerate = function(change) {\n speed += change;\n };\n\n this.decelerate = function() {\n speed -= 5;\n };\n\n this.getSpeed = function() {\n return speed;\n };\n};\n\nvar Bike = function() {\n var gear = 1;\n \n this.getGear = function() {\n return gear;\n };\n \n this.setGear = function(newGear) {\n gear = newGear;\n };\n};\n\nvar myCar = new Car();\n\nvar myBike = new Bike();"
],
"challengeType":1,
"type": "waypoint"
},
{
"id":"cf1111c1c15feddfaeb7bdef",
"title":"Iterate over Arrays with .map",
"description":[
"The map
method is a convenient way to iterate through arrays. Here's an example usage:",
"var timesFour = oldArray.map(function(val){
",
" return val * 4;
",
"});
",
"",
"The map
method will iterate through every element of the array, creating a new array with values that have been modified by the callback function, and return it.",
"In our example the callback only uses the value of the array element (the val
argument) but your callback can also include arguments for the index
and array
being acted on.",
"Use the map function to add 3 to every value in the variable oldArray
."
],
"tests":[
"assert.deepEqual(newArray, [4,5,6,7,8], 'message: You should add three to each value in the array.');",
"assert(editor.getValue().match(/\\.map\\s*\\(/gi), 'message: You should be making use of the map
method.');",
"assert(editor.getValue().match(/\\[1\\,2\\,3\\,4\\,5\\]/gi), 'message: You should only modify the array with map
.');"
],
"challengeSeed":[
"var oldArray = [1,2,3,4,5];",
"",
"// Only change code below this line.",
"",
"var newArray = oldArray;",
"",
"// Only change code above this line.",
"",
"(function() {return newArray;})();"
],
"challengeType":1,
"type": "waypoint"
},
{
"id":"cf1111c1c15feddfaeb8bdef",
"title":"Condense arrays with .reduce",
"description":[
"The array method reduce
is used to iterate through an array and condense it into one value.",
"To use reduce
you pass in a callback whose arguments are an accumulator (in this case, previousVal
) and the current value (currentVal
).",
"reduce
has an optional second argument which can be used to set the initial value of the accumulator. If no initial value is specified it will be the first array element and currentVal
will start with the second array element.",
"Here is an example of reduce
being used to subtract all the values of an array:",
"var singleVal = array.reduce(function(previousVal, currentVal) {
",
" return previousVal - currentVal;
",
"}, 0);
",
"Use the reduce
method to sum all the values in array
and assign it to singleVal
."
],
"tests":[
"assert(singleVal == 30, 'message: singleVal
should be equal to the sum of all items in the array
variable.');",
"assert(editor.getValue().match(/\\.reduce\\s*\\(/gi), 'message: You should have made use of the reduce
method.');"
],
"challengeSeed":[
"var array = [4,5,6,7,8];",
"",
"// Only change code below this line.",
"",
"var singleVal = array;",
"",
"// Only change code above this line.",
"",
"(function() {return singleVal;})();"
],
"challengeType":1,
"type": "waypoint"
},
{
"id":"cf1111c1c15feddfaeb9bdef",
"title":"Filter Arrays with .filter",
"description":[
"The filter
method is used to iterate through an array and filter out elements where a given condition is not true.",
"filter
is passed a callback function which takes the current value (we've called that val
) as an argument.",
"Any array element for which the callback returns true will be kept and elements that return false will be filtered out.",
"The following code is an example of using filter
to remove array elements that are equal to five:",
"Note: We omit the second and third arguments since we only need the value",
"array = array.filter(function(val) {
",
" return val !== 5;
",
"});
",
"Use filter
to remove all elements from array
that are greater than 5."
],
"tests":[
"assert.deepEqual(newArray, [1,2,3,4,5], 'message: You should have removed all the values from the array that are greater than 5.');",
"assert(editor.getValue().match(/array\\.filter\\s*\\(/gi), 'message: You should be using the filter
method to remove the values from the array.');",
"assert(editor.getValue().match(/\\[1\\,2\\,3\\,4\\,5\\,6\\,7\\,8\\,9\\,10\\]/gi), 'message: You should only be using filter
to modify the contents of the array.');"
],
"challengeSeed":[
"var oldArray = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10];",
"",
"// Only change code below this line.",
"",
"var newArray = oldArray;",
"",
"// Only change code above this line.",
"",
"(function() { return newArray; })();"
],
"challengeType":1,
"type": "waypoint"
},
{
"id":"cf1111c1c16feddfaeb1bdef",
"title": "Sort Arrays with .sort",
"description":[
"You can use the method sort
to easily sort the values in an array alphabetically or numerically.",
"Unlike the previous array methods we have been looking at, sort
actually alters the array in place. However, it also returns this sorted array.",
"sort
can be passed a compare function as a callback. If no compare function is passed in it will convert the values to strings and sort alphabetically.",
"Here is an example of using sort with a compare function that will sort the elements from smallest to largest number:",
"var array = [1, 12, 21, 2];
",
"array.sort(function(a, b) {
",
" return a - b;
",
"});
",
"Use sort
to sort array
from largest to smallest."
],
"tests":[
"assert.deepEqual(array, [21, 12, 2, 1], 'message: You should have sorted the array from largest to smallest.');",
"assert(editor.getValue().match(/\\[1,\\s*12,\\s*21,\\s*2\\];/gi), 'message: You should only be using sort
to modify the array.');",
"assert(editor.getValue().match(/\\.sort\\s*\\(/g), 'message: You should have made use of the sort
method.');"
],
"challengeSeed":[
"var array = [1, 12, 21, 2];",
"",
"// Only change code below this line.",
"",
"array.sort();",
"",
"// Only change code above this line.",
"",
"(function() { return array; })();"
],
"challengeType":1,
"type": "waypoint"
},
{
"id": "cf1111c1c16feddfaeb2bdef",
"title": "Reverse Arrays with .reverse",
"description": [
"You can use the reverse
method to reverse the elements of an array.",
"reverse
is another array method that alters the array in place, but it also returns the reversed array.",
"Use reverse
to reverse the array
variable and assign it to newArray
."
],
"tests": [
"assert.deepEqual(newArray, [7,6,5,4,3,2,1], 'message: You should reverse the array.');",
"assert(editor.getValue().match(/\\.reverse\\s*\\(\\)/gi), 'message: You should use the reverse
method.');",
"assert(editor.getValue().match(/\\[1\\,2\\,3\\,4\\,5\\,6\\,7/gi), 'message: You should only be using reverse
to modify array
.');"
],
"challengeSeed": [
"var array = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7];",
"",
"// Only change code below this line.",
"",
"var newArray = array;",
"",
"// Only change code above this line.",
""
],
"tail":[
"(function() {return newArray;})();"
],
"challengeType": 1,
"type": "waypoint"
},
{
"id": "cf1111c1c16feddfaeb3bdef",
"title": "Concatenate Arrays with .concat",
"description": [
"concat
can be used to merge the contents of two arrays into one.",
"concat
takes an array as an argument and returns a new array with the elements of this array concatenated onto the end.",
"Here is an example of concat
being used to concatenate otherArray
onto the end of oldArray
:",
"newArray = oldArray.concat(otherArray);
",
"Use .concat()
to concatenate concatMe
onto the end of oldArray
and assign it to newArray
."
],
"tests": [
"assert.deepEqual(newArray, [1,2,3,4,5,6], 'message: You should concatenate the two arrays together.');",
"assert(editor.getValue().match(/\\.concat\\s*\\(/gi), 'message: You should be using the concat
method to merge the two arrays.');",
"assert(editor.getValue().match(/\\[1\\,2\\,3\\]/gi) && editor.getValue().match(/\\[4\\,5\\,6\\]/gi), 'message: You should only be using concat
to modify the arrays.');"
],
"challengeSeed": [
"var oldArray = [1,2,3];",
"",
"var concatMe = [4,5,6];",
"",
"// Only change code below this line.",
"",
"var newArray = oldArray;",
"",
"// Only change code above this line.",
"",
"(function() { return newArray; })();"
],
"challengeType": 1,
"type": "waypoint"
},
{
"id":"cf1111c1c16feddfaeb4bdef",
"title":"Split Strings with .split",
"description":[
"You can use the split
method to split a string into an array.",
"split
uses the argument you pass in as a delimiter to determine which points the string should be split at.",
"Here is an example of split
being used to split an array at every s
character:",
"var array = string.split('s');
",
"Use split
to create an array of words from string
and assign it to array
."
],
"tests":[
"assert(/\\.split\\(/gi, 'message: You should use the split
method on the string.');",
"assert(typeof(array) === 'object' && array.length === 5, 'message: You should split the string by its spaces.');"
],
"challengeSeed":[
"var string = \"Split me into an array\";",
"",
"// Only change code below this line.",
"",
"var array = string;",
"",
"// Only change code above this line.",
"",
"(function() {return array;})();"
],
"challengeType":1,
"type": "waypoint"
},
{
"id":"cf1111c1c16feddfaeb5bdef",
"title":"Join Strings with .join",
"description":[
"We can use the join
method to join each element of an array into a string separated by whatever delimiter you provide as an argument.",
"The following is an example of using join
to join all of the elements of an array into a string with all the elements separated by word `Na`:",
"var joinMe = [\"Na \", \"Na \", \"Na \", \"Na \", \"Batman!\"];
",
"var joinedString = joinMe.join(\"Na \");
",
"console.log(joinedString);
",
"Use the join
method to create a string from joinMe
with spaces in between each element and assign it to joinedString
."
],
"tests":[
"assert(typeof(joinedString) === 'string' && joinedString === \"Split me into an array\", 'message: You should join the elements of the array with spaces.');",
"assert(/\\.join\\(/gi, 'message: You should use of the join
method on the array.');"
],
"challengeSeed":[
"var joinMe = [\"Split\",\"me\",\"into\",\"an\",\"array\"];",
"",
"// Only change code below this line.",
"",
"var joinedString = joinMe;",
"",
"// Only change code above this line.",
"",
"(function() {return joinedString;})();"
],
"challengeType":1,
"type": "waypoint"
}
]
}