JavaScript Prototypes Flashcards
1
Q
What kind of inheritance does the JavaScript programming language use?
A
Prototype-based / Protoypal
2
Q
What is a prototype in JavaScript?
A
an original model on which something is patterned : ARCHETYPE
3
Q
How is it possible to call methods on strings, arrays, and numbers even though those methods don’t actually exist on strings, arrays, and numbers?
A
by doing: object.setPrototypeOf( target object, parent);
4
Q
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.
