Prototype in JavaScript

Hello guys, can someone explain roughly about what prototype is in JavaScript please; I just had a look at it, from what I've understood, prototype deals with about what properties/methods are inherited from the class/constructor our object is being instantiated of.

But I'm having a bit of difficulties to understood the diagram... can someone explain it please... also, was that correct to say that we can create an instance of an object using a constructor?

Jochem•10/5/24, 10:07 AM

I don't have a good answer for you, but I've also used JavaScript on and off since 1997, so I suppose that's a bit of an answer in and of itself. Unless you're doing very fancy shit, you never, ever use prototypes.

JJochem I don't have a good answer for you, but I've also used JavaScript on and off sin...

FakerOP•10/5/24, 10:10 AM

oh ok, that's good to know then

because I found it really confusing

Jochem•10/5/24, 10:11 AM

Same

glutonium•10/5/24, 11:40 AM

If i am not wrong
prototyping is design pattern and is like a whole damn paradigm of it's own

glutonium•10/5/24, 11:40 AM

and yah, 99% of the time u won't really need that

Gglutonium If i am not wrong prototyping is design pattern and is like a whole damn paradig...

Jochem•10/5/24, 11:47 AM

nah, this is a language feature of Javascript. Building a prototype, as in a quick-and-dirty minimum viable product, is totally useful in a lot of circumstances

JJochem nah, this is a language feature of Javascript. Building a prototype, as in a qui...

glutonium•10/5/24, 11:56 AM

i was talking about this

glutonium•10/5/24, 11:57 AM

this is different from the JavaScript prototype?

Jochem•10/5/24, 11:57 AM

oh, yeah, I think we're talking about the same thing

glutonium•10/5/24, 11:57 AM

hehe xD

Jochem•10/5/24, 12:14 PM

sorry x_x

glutonium•10/5/24, 12:19 PM

no prob xD