Question

I know that most everything is an object in JavaScript. When people say “object literal,” do they mean an object like this?

var thing = {
   'foo': 'bar'
   , 'baz': 'foo'
   , 'bar': 'baz'
};

Answer 1

Yes, that’s exactly what object literal means. A definition of a javascript object which may contain comma separated definition of properties, functions, …

Object literals are formed using the following syntax rules:

• A colon separates property name from value.
• A comma separates each name/value pair from the next.
• There should be no comma after the last name/value pair. Firefox won’t object if you add it, but Internet Explorer will trigger an
  error: ‘Expected identifier, string or number’.