function logIt(output) {
    console.log(output);
}
function logItType(output) {
    console.log(typeof output, ";", output);
}
// define a function to hold data for a Person
function Person(name, ghID, classOf, School) {
    this.name = name;
    this.ghID = ghID;
    this.classOf = classOf;
    this.role = "";
    this.School = School;
}

// define a setter for role in Person data
Person.prototype.setRole = function(role) {
    this.role = role;
}

Person.prototype.setSchool = function(School){
    this.School = School;
}

// define a JSON conversion "method" associated with Person
Person.prototype.toJSON = function() {
    const obj = {name: this.name, ghID: this.ghID, classOf: this.classOf, role: this.role};
    const json = JSON.stringify(obj);
    return json;
}

// make a new Person and assign to variable teacher
var teacher = new Person("Mr M", "jm1021", 1977);  // object type is easy to work with in JavaScript
teacher.setRole("teacher")
logItType(teacher);  // before role
logItType(teacher.toJSON());  // ok to do this even though role is not yet defined

// Add myself as a new person
var caleb = new Person("Caleb", "CubNavarro", 2024);
caleb.setRole("Coolguy")
caleb.setSchool("Del Norte")
logItType(caleb);

// output of Object and JSON/string associated with Teacher
teacher.setRole("Teacher");   // set the role
teacher.setSchool("Del Norte")
logItType(teacher); 
logItType(teacher.toJSON());
object ; Person {
  name: 'Mr M',
  ghID: 'jm1021',
  classOf: 1977,
  role: 'teacher',
  School: undefined }
string ; {"name":"Mr M","ghID":"jm1021","classOf":1977,"role":"teacher"}
object ; Person {
  name: 'Caleb',
  ghID: 'CubNavarro',
  classOf: 2024,
  role: 'Coolguy',
  School: 'Del Norte' }
object ; Person {
  name: 'Mr M',
  ghID: 'jm1021',
  classOf: 1977,
  role: 'Teacher',
  School: 'Del Norte' }
string ; {"name":"Mr M","ghID":"jm1021","classOf":1977,"role":"Teacher"}
var students = [ 
    new Person("Toby", "Tobyleeder", 2024, "Del Norte"),
    new Person("Nathan", "Nathan-Capule", 2024, "Del Norte"),
    new Person("Gene", "Gene", 2024, "Del Norte"),
    new Person("Theo", "Theothegreat", 2024, "Del Norte"),
    new Person("Caden", "cadenthebot", 2024, "Del Norte"),

];

// define a classroom and build Classroom objects and json
function Classroom(teacher, students){ // 1 teacher, many student
    // start Classroom with Teacher
    teacher.setRole("Teacher");
    teacher.setSchool("Del Norte")
    this.teacher = teacher;
    this.classroom = [teacher];
    // add each Student to Classroom
    this.students = students;
    this.students.forEach(student => { student.setRole("Student"); this.classroom.push(student); });
    // build json/string format of Classroom
    this.json = [];
    this.classroom.forEach(person => this.json.push(person.toJSON()));
}

// make a CompSci classroom from formerly defined teacher and students
compsci = new Classroom(teacher, students);

// output of Objects and JSON in CompSci classroom
logItType(compsci.classroom);  // constructed classroom object
logItType(compsci.classroom[0].name);  // abstract 1st objects name
logItType(compsci.json[0]);  // show json conversion of 1st object to string
logItType(JSON.parse(compsci.json[0]));  // show JSON.parse inverse of JSON.stringify
object ; [ Person {
    name: 'Mr M',
    ghID: 'jm1021',
    classOf: 1977,
    role: 'Teacher',
    School: 'Del Norte' },
  Person {
    name: 'Toby',
    ghID: 'Tobyleeder',
    classOf: 2024,
    role: 'Student',
    School: 'Del Norte' },
  Person {
    name: 'Nathan',
    ghID: 'Nathan-Capule',
    classOf: 2024,
    role: 'Student',
    School: 'Del Norte' },
  Person {
    name: 'Gene',
    ghID: 'Gene',
    classOf: 2024,
    role: 'Student',
    School: 'Del Norte' },
  Person {
    name: 'Theo',
    ghID: 'Theothegreat',
    classOf: 2024,
    role: 'Student',
    School: 'Del Norte' },
  Person {
    name: 'Caden',
    ghID: 'cadenthebot',
    classOf: 2024,
    role: 'Student',
    School: 'Del Norte' } ]
string ; Mr M
string ; {"name":"Mr M","ghID":"jm1021","classOf":1977,"role":"Teacher"}
object ; { name: 'Mr M', ghID: 'jm1021', classOf: 1977, role: 'Teacher' }
// define an HTML conversion "method" associated with Classroom
Classroom.prototype._toHtml = function() {
  // HTML Style is build using inline structure
  var style = (
    "display:inline-block;" +
    "border: 2px solid grey;" +
    "box-shadow: 0.8em 0.4em 0.4em grey;"
  );

  // HTML Body of Table is build as a series of concatenations (+=)
  var body = "";
  // Heading for Array Columns
  body += "<tr>";
  body += "<th><mark>" + "Name" + "</mark></th>";
  body += "<th><mark>" + "GitHub ID" + "</mark></th>";
  body += "<th><mark>" + "Class Of" + "</mark></th>";
  body += "<th><mark>" + "Role" + "</mark></th>";
  body += "<th><mark>" + "School" + "</mark><th>";
  body += "</tr>";
  // Data of Array, iterate through each row of compsci.classroom 
  for (var row of compsci.classroom) {
    // tr for each row, a new line
    body += "<tr>";
    // td for each column of data
    body += "<td>" + row.name + "</td>";
    body += "<td>" + row.ghID + "</td>";
    body += "<td>" + row.classOf + "</td>";
    body += "<td>" + row.role + "</td>";
    body += "<td>" + row.School + "</td>";
    // tr to end line
    body += "<tr>";
  }

   // Build and HTML fragment of div, table, table body
  return (
    "<div style='" + style + "'>" +
      "<table>" +
        body +
      "</table>" +
    "</div>"
  );

}

// IJavaScript HTML processor receive parameter of defined HTML fragment
$$.html(compsci._toHtml());
</table></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>
Name GitHub ID Class Of Role School </tr>
Mr M jm1021 1977 Teacher Del Norte
Toby Tobyleeder 2024 Student Del Norte
Nathan Nathan-Capule 2024 Student Del Norte
Gene Gene 2024 Student Del Norte
Theo Theothegreat 2024 Student Del Norte
Caden cadenthebot 2024 Student Del Norte