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JavaScript

Jessica Murillo
Jessica Murillo
9,119 Points
Posted by Jessica Murillo
Jessica Murillo
9,119 Points

If anyone is having trouble understanding Prototypes...

JavaScript is a bit confusing for developers experienced in class-based languages (like Java or C++), as it is dynamic and does not provide a class implementation per se (the class keyword is introduced in ES6, but is syntactical sugar, JavaScript is remaining prototype-based).

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Inheritance_and_the_prototype_chain

I was really confused, especially because I've used Java and PHP more that JavaScript and they use classes but I found this site and I get it now. I am more of a visual person so this helped a lot http://javascript.info/tutorial/inheritance.

I just thought that I would share.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points

Thanks for the references. Judging from previous forum questions the prototype paradigm can be tough to grasp, particularly for those already familiar with one or more more conventional object oriented languages.

Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 Points

great post and solid references!!

Jessica Murillo
Jessica Murillo
9,119 Points
Jessica Murillo
Jessica Murillo
9,119 Points

Thank you guys! I really hope it helps!

Vince Mease
Vince Mease
7,544 Points

Thanks. Very helpful