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diff --git a/javascript.html.markdown b/javascript.html.markdown
index 1dd6e2be..6b6be34d 100644
--- a/javascript.html.markdown
+++ b/javascript.html.markdown
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
---
language: javascript
-author: Adam Brenecki
-author_url: http://adam.brenecki.id.au
+contributors:
+ - ["Adam Brenecki", "http://adam.brenecki.id.au"]
+filename: javascript.js
---
Javascript was created by Netscape's Brendan Eich in 1995. It was originally
@@ -218,6 +219,8 @@ function myFunction(){
// this code will be called in 5 seconds' time
}
setTimeout(myFunction, 5000);
+// Note: setTimeout isn't part of the JS language, but is provided by browsers
+// and Node.js.
// Function objects don't even have to be declared with a name - you can write
// an anonymous function definition directly into the arguments of another.
@@ -354,13 +357,16 @@ myObj.meaningOfLife; // = 43
// Constructors have a property called prototype. This is *not* the prototype of
// the constructor function itself; instead, it's the prototype that new objects
// are given when they're created with that constructor and the new keyword.
-myConstructor.prototype = {
+MyConstructor.prototype = {
+ myNumber: 5,
getMyNumber: function(){
- return this.myNumber
+ return this.myNumber;
}
};
-var myNewObj2 = new myConstructor();
+var myNewObj2 = new MyConstructor();
myNewObj2.getMyNumber(); // = 5
+myNewObj2.myNumber = 6
+myNewObj2.getMyNumber(); // = 6
// Built-in types like strings and numbers also have constructors that create
// equivalent wrapper objects.