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Philip Kroupoderov
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 21,641 PointsWhat is that shortcut??
He typed a shortcut when he just typed in name within the setName function, right after ...guest. Can somebody please explain what kind of shortcut that is??????
2 Answers
Kristina Burge
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 20,341 PointsHe's referring to the Object Property Shorthand in ES6. Sitepoint has a nice article to reference.
If the property name and key name are the same in an object literal, you can write it with the shorthand notation.
That's why you can do:
const obj = {
name
};
instead of
const obj = {
name: name
};
I hope this helps!
Fabricio Policarpo
8,674 Points{...guest// clones guest obj at index, name // same as saying name:name} since key and value are the same in ES6 you can simply set name
Philip Kroupoderov
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 21,641 PointsPhilip Kroupoderov
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 21,641 Pointsugh what I actually deleted that question. Of course I know that!!!