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HTML

              
                <html>
    <head>
        
    </head>
    <body>
        <div id="logindiv">
            <select id="lang">
                <option value="en">English</option>
                <option value="es">Spanish</option>
            </select>
            <input type="button" value="Login" id="login" />
        </div>
        <h1 id='greeting'></h1>
    </body>
</html>
              
            
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CSS

              
                
              
            
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JS

              
                (function(global, $) {
    
    // 'new' an object
    var Greetr = function(firstName, lastName, language) {
        return new Greetr.init(firstName, lastName, language);   
    }
    
    // hidden within the scope of the IIFE and never directly accessible
    var supportedLangs = ['en', 'es'];
    
    // informal greetings
    var greetings = {
        en: 'Hello',
        es: 'Ola'
    };
    
    // formal greetings
    var formalGreetings = {
        en: 'Greetings',
        es: 'Saludos'
    };
    
    // logger messages
    var logMessages = {
        en: 'Logged in',
        es: 'Inició sesión'
    }
        
    // prototype holds methods (to save memory space)
    Greetr.prototype = {
        
        // 'this' refers to the calling object at execution time
        fullName: function() {
            return this.firstName + ' ' + this.lastName;
        }, 
        
        validate: function() {
            // check that is a valid language
            // references the externally inaccessible 'supportedLangs' within the closure
            if (supportedLangs.indexOf(this.language)  === -1) {
                //Throw an error
                throw "Invalid language";
            }
        },
        
        // retrieve messages from object by referring to properties using [] syntax
        greeting: function() {
            return greetings[this.language] + ' ' + this.firstName + '!';
        },
            
        formalGreeting: function() {
            return formalGreetings[this.language] + ', ' + this.fullName();  
        },
        
        // chainable methods return their own containing object
        greet: function(formal) {
            
            var msg;
            
            // if undefined or null it will be coerced to 'false'
            if(formal) {
                msg = this.formalGreeting();
            } else {
                msg = this.greeting();
            }
            
            if (console) {
                console.log(msg);
            }
            
            // 'this' refers to the calling object at execution time
            // makes the method chainable
            return this;
            
        },
            
        log: function() {
            if (console) {
                console.log(logMessages[this.language] + ': ' + this.fullName()); 
            }
            
            // make chainable
            return this;
        },
        
        // set the language
        setLang: function(lang) {
            this.language = lang;
            
            // validate
            this.validate();
            
            // make chainable
            return this;
        }, 
        
        HTMLGreeting: function(selector, formal) {
            if (!$) {
                throw 'jQuery not loaded';   
            }
            
            if (!selector) {
                throw 'Missing jQuery selector';   
            }
            
            // determine the message
            var msg;
            if (formal) {
                msg = this.formalGreeting();   
            }
            else {
                msg = this.greeting();   
            }
            
            // inject the message in the chosen place in the DOM
            $(selector).html(msg);
            
            // make chainable
            return this;
        }
            
    };
    
    // the actual object is created here, allowing us to 'new' an object without calling 'new'
    Greetr.init = function(firstName, lastName, language) {
        
        var self = this;
        self.firstName = firstName || '';
        self.lastName = lastName || '';
        self.language = language || 'en';
        
        self.validate();
        
    }
    
    // trick borrowed from jQuery so we don't have to use the 'new' keyword
    Greetr.init.prototype = Greetr.prototype;
    
    // attach our Greetr to the global object, and provide a shorthand '$G' for ease our poor fingers
    global.Greetr = global.G$ = Greetr;
    

}(window, jQuery));



// gets a new object (the architecture allows us to not have to use the 'new' keyword here)
var g = G$('Rich', 'Holman');

// use our chainable methods
g.greet().setLang('es').greet(true).log();

// let's use our object on the click of the login button
$('#login').click(function() {
   
    // create a new 'Greetr' object (let's pretend we know the name from the login)
    var loginGrtr = G$('Rich', 'Holman');
    
     // fire off an HTML greeting, passing the '#greeting' as the selector and the chosen language, and log the welcome as well
    loginGrtr.setLang($('#lang').val()).HTMLGreeting('#greeting', true).log();
    
});
              
            
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