Is there a more compact way to declare an array of objects?

Question

I'm a C# developer who uses JavaScript when I need to.

Is there a more compact way to write the following? Is it necessary to repeat the name of every member for each item?

let cars = [
  {
    "color": "purple",
    "type": "minivan",
    "registration": new Date('2017-01-03'),
    "capacity": 7
  },
  {
    "color": "red",
    "type": "station wagon",
    "registration": new Date('2018-03-03'),
    "capacity": 5
  },
  {
    ...
  },
]

Answer 1

Can you using a factory function:

function createCar(color, type, registration, capacity) {
  return {
    color,
    type,
    registration: new Date(registration),
    capacity,
  };
}
let cars = [
  createCar("purple", "minivan", "2017-01-03", 7),
  createCar("red", "station wagon", "2018-03-03", 5),
];