How to access Class properties outside of JavaScript Classes

Question

How is the sound property not properly private in this JavaScript class? Additionally, how can it be accessed outside the class? I saw this in a video and attempted to access the sound property outside the class and could not.

class Dog {
  constructor() {
    this.sound = 'woof';
  }
  talk() {
    console.log(this.sound);
  }
}

Thanks!!

Answer 1

It's not private because you can access it from the outside after creating an instance of the class.

 class Dog { constructor() { this.sound = 'woof'; } talk() { console.log(this.sound); } } let dog = new Dog(); console.log(dog.sound); // <-- // To further drive the point home, check out // what happens when we change it dog.sound = 'Meow?'; dog.talk(); 

Answer 2

You need to create an instance of the class using new . When you don't have an instance of the class, the constructor has yet to be executed, so there's no sound property yet.

var foo = new Dog();
console.log(foo.sound);

or

This will assign a default property to the Dog class without having to create a new instance of it.

Dog.__proto__.sound = 'woof';
console.log(Dog.sound);

Answer 3

You need to create instance of your class.

 class Dog { constructor() { this.sound = 'woof'; } talk() { console.log(this.sound); } } console.log(new Dog().sound);