My first method

The function and the object were created. Let’s continue.

We need to calculate the computer’s price and log the final message. In order to do this, we need to create functions and write them directly into the object! We can do it!

Objects can store any types of data, including functions. Such function properties are called object methods. They are called in the same way as any other functions, using parentheses, and we access methods the same way as do object properties. As a result, the method call is written like this: object.method().

The main thing in creating a method is to come up with a suitable name that describes what this method does. In the programming world, there are established naming traditions. For example, functions that return something are called getters and they begin with the word get. It looks like this:

var cat = {
  name: 'Muffin',
  color: 'red',
  age: 5,

  getGreeting: function () {
    return 'Meow, hello!';
  }
};

console.log (cat.getGreeting ()); // Logs 'Meow, hello!'

Since methods are functions, why do we even write them into an object and not use the usual external functions?

Methods are used to work with objects. They read properties, rewrite and return them. Yes, you can create an external function, transfer an object to it and process it inside this function. But it’s much more convenient to keep in the object everything that relates to this object. For example, we store specifications inside computer object, and we need to return a line with data and calculate the price. These two tasks are related specifically to the computer object, and we’ll write these functions into the object.

Create a simple getter for the computer object and check to see if everything works as it should.