设置对象的值

Question

I'm toying around with objects in javascript since I'm learning how to do OOP in JavaScript, and coming from C#, I see it is a quite different story in here.

Here's my code so far:

/*JavaScript Objects*/

var employee = new Object();

employee.firstName = "";
employee.lastName = "";
employee.salary = "";
employee.vacationDays = "";
employee.age = "";
employee.yearsWorking = "";

var getFirstName = function(firstName){
    this.value = firstName;
}

I'm not sure if the function is well put, and what I'm doing now, is going to console on Chrome and setting the firstName by calling the function like this:

employee.getFirstName("Brandon");

But for some reason, the property firstName is still "" . Any thoughts on anything I can be doing wrong here?

Answer 1

Change this.

 var getFirstName = function(firstName){
      this.value = firstName;
  }

To:

 employee.getFirstName = function(firstName){
    this.firstName= firstName;
  }

Answer 2

I know that answering with just a link is not the preferred way in SO but I don't think it is possible to transfer the necessary knowledge in just a few sentences - at least I'm not able to to do it in this case.

This page will guide you through your path from C# to OO javascript

Answer 3

it looks like you are trying to set a value with a function named "getFirstName" try that:

employee.getFirstName = function(firstName){
    this.firstName = firstName;
};