Description
- the use of classes. is the source of a number of complications. This paper discusses prototypes as an alternative to classes. In a prototype-based language, copying rather than instantiation is the mechanism provided to the user for making new objects. This is a line from a 1986 research paper discussing prototypes as an alternative to classes. Did you know that JavaScript is a prototype-based language and does not need classes? Did you know that JavaScript's Object-Oriented system is actually simpler than classes?Unfortunately, due to the language being marketed as Java's little brother, something called the constructor pattern was designed as a way to for the language to look like class-based Java. The decision to conceal JavaScript's true identity as a prototype-based language in favor of something that looked like half-baked classes has led to widespread confusion among developers that lives to this day. In this course, we will explore JavaScript's true identity as a prototype-based language and look at different ways of doing OOP in JavaScript. We don't ignore classes or constructors - we will study them deeply and learn how they are abstractions over a prototype-based system and learn how to effectively utilize them. In this lesson, we will learn how to write effective, maintainable and robust object-oriented code using JavaScript.
