Why use getters and setters in JavaScript? [closed]
I know how getter and setter work in JavaScript. What I don't understand is why we need them when we can get the same result using normal functions? Consider the following code: var person = { firstName: 'Jimmy', lastName: 'Smith', get fullName() { return this.firstName + ' ' + this.lastName; } } console.log(person.fullName); // Jimmy Smith We can easily replace getter with a function: var person = { firstName: 'Jimmy', lastName: 'Smith', fullName: function() { return this.firstName + ' ' + this.lastName; } } console.log(person.fullName()); // Jimmy Smith I don't see the point of writing