by kirupa | 12 December 2013 In the Introduction to Objects in JavaScript tutorial, I provided a very high level overview of what objects in JavaScript are and how to think about them. In this tutorial, we will make that tutorial seem like the tip of a ginormous iceberg: This…

Hi Kirupa, Thanks for this great article which will help many people understand the basics of object oriented programming in JavaScript. I see that in your diagrams you mention that the [[Prototype]] properties of the objects instantiated references to the object created from which is not true in …

[image] erolyil: In other words there is no direct link between an instance and the object its instantiated (which maybe better to call as ‘constructor object’), they are connected by prototype. instance -> constructor.prototype -> constructor There’s usually a direct link via the constructo…

That diagram and/or supporting information can be made clearer, @erolyil :smile: Thanks for bringing that up - I’ll revise it shortly!

Hi again, [image] krilnon: The way I read k-man’s diagram is that [[Prototype]] references an object that resembles each newly created Object. This is the point I am objecting already. [image] krilnon: salesman.constructor == person // true // salesman doesn’t has its own ‘constructor’ …

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That diagram and/or supporting information can be made clearer, @erolyil Thanks for bringing that up - I’ll revise it shortly!

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