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An (almost) practical example of custom JavaScript constructors.
var PlaylistItem = function( params ){
// ensure params exists
params = params || {};
// cache a reference to this
var playlist_item = this;
// attach arguments to new PlaylistItem instance
this.title = params.title;
this.artist = params.artist;
this.thumbnail = params.thumbnail;
this.duration = params.duration;
// return a human readable version of the duration
this.getPrettyDuration = function(){
var seconds = playlist_item.duration % 60;
var minutes = parseInt( playlist_item.duration / 60 );
return minutes +':'+ seconds;
};
// create playlist item DOM element
var $playlist_item = $('<li><img src="'+ this.thumbnail +'" /><h6>'+ this.title +'</h6><em>'+ this.artist +'</em><var>'+ this.getPrettyDuration() +'</var><a href="#remove">x</a></li>');
// bind playlist item removal
$playlist_item.on( 'click', 'a[href="#remove"]', function( e ){
e.preventDefault();
$playlist_item.remove();
});
// add DOM element to DOM
$('#playlist').append( $playlist_item );
};
$(function(){
// data
var artist = 'Konami';
var thumbnail = 'http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4HnRUKAE1g0/ToSm3AdqWiI/AAAAAAAAAjg/cAi4tnRL0go/s1600/mgs1.jpg';
var tracks = [{
title: 'Metal Gear Solid Main Theme',
duration: 2 * 60 + 44
}, {
title: 'Introduction',
duration: 57
}, {
title: 'Discovery',
duration: 5 * 60 + 5
}, {
title: 'Cavern',
duration: 3 * 60 + 12
}, {
title: 'Intruder 1',
duration: 2 * 60 + 5
}, {
title: 'Encounter',
duration: 2 * 60 + 21
}];
// loop through each item in tracks
for( var i in tracks ){
var track = tracks[i];
new PlaylistItem({
title: track.title,
artist: artist,
thumbnail: thumbnail,
duration: track.duration
});
}
});
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
#playlist li img {
width: 100px;
}
</style>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="./constructing.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<ul id="playlist"></ul>
</body>
</html>
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