What is the prototype in Javascript?
- Remember that Javascript does not have classes - the idea of a 'template' that is instantiated into an object. A Javascript object either exists or not.
- A Javascript *function* (not object) will have a prototype property. You cannot access this property directly - some browsers support the __proto__ property which you can access.
A Javascript object has a:
- prototype *property*
- prototype

You add functions and objects to the prototype object to:
- Make them inheritable
- Make it so that these exist independently of the original object. (If you assign obj to 'this', then only one version of obj exists which can be manipulated by all descendants.

	Created by James Drummond almost 10 years ago

A-Level Javascript (Inheritance) Note on Javascript Inheritance, created by James Drummond on 16/12/2014.