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// FROM: http://snippetrepo.com/snippets/object-oriented-javascript

// Here I define global variables, which I update in this file
var windowWidth;

// Create a class
var App = function() {
    // app variable will reference the App class (like using $this-> in php)
    var app = this;
    var debug = true; // Allows me to disable things in production, like app.log()

    this.init = function() {
        // Here is where I call methods when the class is initiated
        // I can also pass in variables (sort of like a construct in PHP)

        // Example of updating a global variable and calling a method from
        // within the class - note "this.methodName = function()" is a public
        // method and "var methodName = function()" is a private method
        windowWidth = app.getWindowWidth();
    };

    // Safe way of debugging (console.logs() can break older versions of IE
    this.log = function(data) {
        if(window.console && debug) {
            console.log(data);
        }
    };

    // Example of a simple method
    this.getWindowWidth = function() {
        return $(window).width();
    };

    // Example of a method with arguments
    this.animateImage = function(selector, positionX, duration) {
        selector.animate({'margin-left': '+='+ positionX +'px'}, duration);
    };

    // Example of a private method
    var whatIsPI = function() {
        return Math.PI;
    };
};

// Instantiate the App class
var app = new App();

// Call the init method
app.init();

// Call public methods with arguments
app.animateImage($('.animated-image'), 450, 1500);

// This is out safe way to console.log()
app.log('This is shown is the console');

// This will fail as we are trying to call a private method
app.log(app.whatIsPI());