Understanding JavaScript OOP

Dive into the powerful prototypical inheritance model of JavaScript. Gain a deeper understanding of object creation, property definition, and the advantages of the dynamic prototypical approach.

Introduction

JavaScript is an object oriented (OO) language, with its roots in the Self programming language, although it's (sadly) designed to look like Java. This makes the language's really powerful and sweet features stay covered by some pretty ugly and counter-intuitive work-arounds. This course aims to help you understand the prototypical inheritance model in JavaScript.

Highlights

• Covers the concepts of prototypical inheritance in JavaScript
• Explains how objects are created and properties are defined in JavaScript
• Discusses the advantages of the prototypical OO model over the classical OO model
• Provides examples and code snippets to illustrate the key concepts

Recommendation

This course is recommended for JavaScript developers who want to gain a deeper understanding of the object-oriented programming features in the language. It's especially useful for those coming from a classical OO background, as it helps unlearn the traditional class-based approach and embrace the more dynamic and expressive prototypical model.