What is the diffrence between Window.location.href () and Window.open () ?

window.location.href is not a method, it's a property that will tell you the current URL location of the browser. Setting the property to something different will redirect the page.

Example:

window.location.href = 'http://www.google.com'; //Will take you to Google.

window.open() is a method that you can pass a URL to that you want to open in a new window. 

Example:

window.open('http://www.google.com'); //This will open Google in a new window.

window.location.href is not a method, it's a property that will tell you the current URL location of the browser. Setting the property to something different will redirect the page.

window.open() is a method that you can pass a URL to that you want to open in a new window. For example:

window.location.href example:

window.location.href = 'http://www.google.com';  //Will take you to Google.

window.open() example:

window.open('http://www.google.com');  //This will open Google in a new window.

Window.location.href using to redirect specified page in same window.

Window.Open it open a new window or new tab and we can manage nature, height, width,etc.

one is a property and the other is method :)

Key differences between window.location and window.open are:

Window.Open

- It is a method.

- It accepts few parameters like window.open(URL,name,specs,replace).

- It accepts a URL and opens it to a new window.

- For example http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/met_win_open.asp

Window.location.href

- It is not a method but a string representation.

- It returns the location of the current page.