I am still trying to wrap my head around the concept I learned in class a while ago. We learned briefly about constructors in JavaScript. Can someone please ELI5? Thank you!
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A constructor is a function that is automatically called when an object is created. Each class has its own constructor.
Say there’s a Car class. When I make a new car, I probably want to specify what kind of car I want, like what color, what make, etc. Then I can make a new car with `new Car(“blue”, “Honda”, …);`.
That sure looks like a function call, right? Well, it is. You make a new object belonging to the Car class, and the Car class automatically pipes those parameters to the constructor function you specified in the definition of Car – usually, to set some properties of the object depending on what parameters you passed in.
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