4.3.1 Objects and Methods

Objects

• Objects are variables that can contain many values. These values are either properties or methods.
• The properties of an object are written as key:value pairs. The key is what we use to reference this data like we use the index number to reference values inside of an array.

• Methods are functions that belong to an object. In the example below, sayHello is a method.‍

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Accessing Properties of an Object

• To access a property that belongs to an object, we append a dot (.) and the property key to the object name.

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The “This” Keyword

• Inside a method within an object, the keyword “this” is used to refer to the object that the method belongs to.
• We can access properties of the owner object by writing this.someProperty.