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  • tal Shnitzer
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    tal Shnitzer
    Courses Plus Student 5,242 Points

    what "this" in the following code context

    Posted April 9, 2018 7:26pm by tal Shnitzer
    tal Shnitzer
    Courses Plus Student 5,242 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Object-Oriented JavaScript (2015)
    • Prototypal Inheritance
    • Updating the Song Object

    2 Answers

  • Andrei Li
    Andrei Li
    34,486 Points

    What is primary function of call and create.Object?

    Posted December 12, 2017 1:33pm by Andrei Li
    Andrei Li
    34,486 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Object-Oriented JavaScript (2015)
    • Prototypal Inheritance
    • Updating the Song Object

    1 Answer

  • James Head
    James Head
    18,872 Points

    Great resource, explaining prototypes and prototype chains

    Posted September 30, 2017 1:33pm by James Head
    James Head
    18,872 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Object-Oriented JavaScript (2015)
    • Prototypal Inheritance
    • Updating the Song Object

    1 Answer

  • Roudy Antenor
    Roudy Antenor
    4,124 Points

    Why not just add the play() and stop() methods within the media prototype build? Why make them prototypes of media??

    Posted September 13, 2017 3:32pm by Roudy Antenor
    Roudy Antenor
    4,124 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Object-Oriented JavaScript (2015)
    • Prototypal Inheritance
    • Updating the Song Object

    1 Answer

  • Nicholas Gaerlan
    Nicholas Gaerlan
    9,501 Points

    So... I can just ignore all this until we cover 'class' and 'extends'???

    Posted August 30, 2017 6:48pm by Nicholas Gaerlan
    Nicholas Gaerlan
    9,501 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Object-Oriented JavaScript (2015)
    • Prototypal Inheritance
    • Updating the Song Object

    1 Answer

  • Peter Lu
    Peter Lu
    10,612 Points

    Song.prototype = Object.create(Media.prototype) question

    Posted August 24, 2017 7:10pm by Peter Lu
    Peter Lu
    10,612 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Object-Oriented JavaScript (2015)
    • Prototypal Inheritance
    • Updating the Song Object

    3 Answers

  • James Barrett
    James Barrett
    13,253 Points

    Cannot understand what is going on at all...Guidance?

    Posted October 27, 2016 4:35pm by James Barrett
    James Barrett
    13,253 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Object-Oriented JavaScript (2015)
    • Prototypal Inheritance
    • Updating the Song Object

    8 Answers

  • Anastasia Stojakova
    Anastasia Stojakova
    8,974 Points

    What is the name of the design patten described in the video?

    Posted October 20, 2016 11:47pm by Anastasia Stojakova
    Anastasia Stojakova
    8,974 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Object-Oriented JavaScript (2015)
    • Prototypal Inheritance
    • Updating the Song Object

    1 Answer

  • lokesh cherukuri
    lokesh cherukuri
    381 Points

    Cant we copy prototype by Song.prototype = Media.prototype

    Posted August 16, 2016 5:07am by lokesh cherukuri
    lokesh cherukuri
    381 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Object-Oriented JavaScript (2015)
    • Prototypal Inheritance
    • Updating the Song Object

    1 Answer

  • Daniel Nitu
    Daniel Nitu
    13,272 Points

    Explaining 'this' in Media.call();

    Posted July 30, 2016 3:04pm by Daniel Nitu
    Daniel Nitu
    13,272 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Object-Oriented JavaScript (2015)
    • Prototypal Inheritance
    • Updating the Song Object

    3 Answers

  • Graham O Connor
    Graham O Connor
    6,551 Points

    I just want to know where the mistake is in this code

    Posted July 5, 2016 8:52am by Graham O Connor
    Graham O Connor
    6,551 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Object-Oriented JavaScript (2015)
    • Prototypal Inheritance
    • Updating the Song Object

    1 Answer

  • Matthew Day
    Matthew Day
    6,740 Points

    Is the call method used only to access properties while prototype is primarily used to access other methods?

    Posted July 1, 2016 10:57pm by Matthew Day
    Matthew Day
    6,740 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Object-Oriented JavaScript (2015)
    • Prototypal Inheritance
    • Updating the Song Object

    1 Answer

  • Obaa Cobby
    Obaa Cobby
    9,337 Points

    If you really want to understand prototype/chain, this video can help: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oNWNlMrkpc

    Posted May 17, 2016 12:05am by Obaa Cobby
    Obaa Cobby
    9,337 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Object-Oriented JavaScript (2015)
    • Prototypal Inheritance
    • Updating the Song Object

    8 Answers

  • Ronald Hunter
    Ronald Hunter
    17,474 Points

    So "This" is what is happening. ;)

    Posted April 26, 2016 9:44pm by Ronald Hunter
    Ronald Hunter
    17,474 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Object-Oriented JavaScript (2015)
    • Prototypal Inheritance
    • Updating the Song Object

    1 Answer

  • Sam Parkash
    Sam Parkash
    6,645 Points

    Is "this" the same as artist?

    Posted February 22, 2016 7:51am by Sam Parkash
    Sam Parkash
    6,645 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Object-Oriented JavaScript (2015)
    • Prototypal Inheritance
    • Updating the Song Object

    1 Answer

  • Erik Nuber
    Erik Nuber
    20,629 Points

    Aide for better understanding Object.create();

    Posted December 4, 2015 6:48pm by Erik Nuber
    Erik Nuber
    20,629 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Object-Oriented JavaScript (2015)
    • Prototypal Inheritance
    • Updating the Song Object

    2 Answers

  • Igor Yamshchykov
    Igor Yamshchykov
    24,397 Points

    Clarify the prototype chain

    Posted July 11, 2015 8:10pm by Igor Yamshchykov
    Igor Yamshchykov
    24,397 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Object-Oriented JavaScript (2015)
    • Prototypal Inheritance
    • Updating the Song Object

    2 Answers

  • Adiv Abramson
    Adiv Abramson
    6,919 Points

    Will JS one day have syntactic sugar equivalent to the Java method of specifying inheritance?

    Posted July 2, 2015 1:59pm by Adiv Abramson
    Adiv Abramson
    6,919 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Object-Oriented JavaScript (2015)
    • Prototypal Inheritance
    • Updating the Song Object

    3 Answers

  • Ammon Rock
    Ammon Rock
    4,457 Points

    Why do we not need to return 'this' from the Media constructor since we are not using the 'new' keyword?

    Posted July 2, 2015 7:45am by Ammon Rock
    Ammon Rock
    4,457 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Object-Oriented JavaScript (2015)
    • Prototypal Inheritance
    • Updating the Song Object

    1 Answer

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