javascript-prototypes Flashcards

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What kind of inheritance does the JavaScript programming language use?

A

prototype based inheritance

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2
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What is a prototype in JavaScript?

A

an object in which has many methods

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How is it possible to call methods on strings, arrays, and numbers even though those methods don’t actually exist on objects, arrays, and numbers?

A

because of the prototype object and the objects, arrays, and numbers simply borrow the methods from the prototype object; they delegate to the prototype object

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If an object does not have it’s own property or method by a given key, where does JavaScript look for it?

A

the prototype object; prototype chain

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