super keyword unexpected here

Question

According to ES6 shorthand initialiser, following 2 methods are same:

In ES5

var person = {
  name: \"Person\",
  greet: function() {
     return \         


        

Answer 1

So, why do we get error?

Because super is only valid inside methods. greet: function() {} is a "normal" property/function, not a method, because it doesn't follow the method syntax.

The differences between a method and a normal function definition are:

• Methods have a "HomeObject" which is what allows them to use super.
• Methods are not constructable, i.e. they cannot be called with new.
• The name of a method doesn't become a binding in the method's scope (unlike named function expressions).