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Contrasts prototypes with class inheritance and signals deeper coverage of their operation and implementation, but gives no mechanics here.

Prototype-based object orientation

As explained in Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja, Second Edition

An object-oriented model in which objects inherit properties through prototype links rather than class inheritance.

JavaScript uses prototypes rather than class-based object orientation. Developers who carry class-based expectations into JavaScript may be surprised when their code behaves differently. section 1.1

Objects and prototypes are closely related in JavaScript. Understanding that relationship provides a foundation for JavaScript application development across web, desktop, mobile, and server environments. section 1.1

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The Joy of JavaScriptAn inheritance style in which an object delegates property and method lookup to objects linked in its prototype chain.

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JavaScriptused by · JavaScript is a high-level, dynamically typed, multi-paradigm programming language standardized as ECMAScript and used for web and general-purpose programming.
prototypeuses · A JavaScript prototype is an object through which other objects can access properties and methods by delegation during lookup.
classequivalent to · A class is a programming-language construct that defines a type’s structure or behavior and provides a basis for creating or representing objects.
prototype chainhas part · A prototype chain is the linked sequence of JavaScript prototype objects consulted during property lookup when an object lacks the requested property itself.
delegationcontrasts with · Delegation is a composition pattern in which one object forwards operations or property lookup to another object that provides the behavior.

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