variable binding inside an object

Question

in this code below:

var a = 1;
var boat = { a:2, 
             innerBoat: {a:3, 
                        print(){console.log(a);},
                        },
            


        

Answer 1

In javascript, an object really is nothing more than a collection of data, like a dictionary in many other languages.

var boat = new Object(); just creates an empty object, as if you did var boat = {};

If you're looking for something more like , you may try using ES6 classes

var a = 0
class Boat {
  constructor() {
    this.a = 1;
  }
  print() {
    console.log(this.a);
  }
}
var boat = new Boat()
boat.print();  //output: 2