Objects & Factory Functions

Question 1

Object.create

Answer 1

• Returns a new object and creates a new object

- Assigns the new object’s internal prototype as the object passed in as an argument

Question 2

Factory Function

Answer 2

• create, set up, and return an object

- any object returned from a factory function is an ‘instance’ of the factory function

Question 3

new

Answer 3

• when invoking a function, creates an object and returns it implicitly (don’t need return keyword)

Question 4

this

Answer 4

1. Implicit Binding Rule
   - When method uses [this], references the object the method is called on
2. [New] Binding Rule
   - references object [new] creates
   - always references an object