Hello, Space Explorer! Today, we’re going to discuss a practical and essential topic in JavaScript: managing data using arrays and objects. To practice this concept, we will build a simple Student Management System. Specifically, we will create a class that stores students and their grades. This hands-on approach will help us understand how arrays and objects can be used effectively in real-world applications. Are you excited? Great, let's dive in!
To accomplish our task, we need to implement three primary methods within our class:
addStudent(name, grade): This method allows us to add a new student and their grade to our list. If the student is already on the list, their grade will be updated.getGrade(name): This method retrieves the grade for a student given their name. If the student is not found, it returnsnull.removeStudent(name): This method removes a student from the list by their name. It returnstrueif the student is successfully removed, andfalseif the student is not found.
Does that sound straightforward? Fantastic, let's break it down step-by-step.
Let’s start by defining our StudentManager class, which will use an array of objects to manage students and their grades.
