Sort objects in an array alphabetically on one property of the array

Question

you would have to do something like this:

objArray.sort(function(a, b) {
    var textA = a.DepartmentName.toUpperCase();
    var textB = b.DepartmentName.toUpperCase();
    return (textA < textB) ? -1 : (textA > textB) ? 1 : 0;
});

note: changing the case (to upper or lower) ensures a case insensitive sort.

To support unicode:

objArray.sort(function(a, b) {
   return a.DepartmentName.localeCompare(b.DepartmentName);
});

Shorter code with ES6

objArray.sort((a, b) => a.DepartmentName.toLowerCase().localeCompare(b.DepartmentName.toLowerCase()))

objArray.sort((a, b) => a.DepartmentName.localeCompare(b.DepartmentName))

var DepartmentFactory = function(data) {
    this.id = data.Id;
    this.name = data.DepartmentName;
    this.active = data.Active;
}

// use `new DepartmentFactory` as given below. `new` is imporatant

var objArray = [];
objArray.push(new DepartmentFactory({Id: 1, DepartmentName: 'Marketing', Active: true}));
objArray.push(new DepartmentFactory({Id: 2, DepartmentName: 'Sales', Active: true}));
objArray.push(new DepartmentFactory({Id: 3, DepartmentName: 'Development', Active: true}));
objArray.push(new DepartmentFactory({Id: 4, DepartmentName: 'Accounting', Active: true}));

function sortOn(property){
    return function(a, b){
        if(a[property] < b[property]){
            return -1;
        }else if(a[property] > b[property]){
            return 1;
        }else{
            return 0;   
        }
    }
}

//objArray.sort(sortOn("id")); // because `this.id = data.Id;`
objArray.sort(sortOn("name")); // because `this.name = data.DepartmentName;`
console.log(objArray);

demo: http://jsfiddle.net/diode/hdgeH/