Example of Properties vs. Methods in JS

Question

I found a great description of the semantic difference between Properties and Methods (paraphrased, via http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?133712-Properties-Vs.-Methods):

Properties are like nouns. They have a value or state.

Methods are like verbs. They perform actions.

A property can't perform an action and the only value that a method has is the one that is returned after it finishes performing the action.

e.g.

Property: door; Possible Values: open, closed

Method: openDoor; Action: to change the value of the door property to "open"

Creating an example: I understand this in theory but I can't come up with an example. Would it be possible to show me how the door/openDoor would look in actual Javascript code?

Answer 1

Really, you need to back up and read some of the links posted above. But as a quick example:

var house = {} ;

house.isDoorOpen = false ;

house.openDoor = function(){
    house.isDoorOpen = true ;
}

Here house is the object. It has a property: house.isDoorOpen. Here, it is more like an adjective. Either the door is open (true) or closed (false). As it sounds, it describes a property of the house.

Also, it has a method openDoor (which is used like this: house.openDoor() ). That's something that it can do. In this case, the action openDoor affects the isDoorOpen property, making it true.