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• Private Variables Do Not Necessarily Break Prototypal Inheritance In Javascript

  Posted on Feb 2, 2012 at 10:31 PM

  Using this implemenation of inheritance, can I override a parent function in a derived class and then call the parent function from the overriding function? If so, what would that look like?... read more »

• Object.create() Improves Constructor-Based Inheritance In Javascript - It Doesn't Replace It

  Posted on Feb 2, 2012 at 9:13 PM

  @Frank, Thanks for the speedy response and the reading recommendations. I'm not sure I see what you're getting at in the example. However, your mention of objects passing by reference and trying to work out your example got me thinking... If I pass an object as a parameter, it... read more »

• Object.create() Improves Constructor-Based Inheritance In Javascript - It Doesn't Replace It

  Posted on Feb 2, 2012 at 2:12 PM

  Very helpful set of articles. I am a c++ man delving into javascript inheritance for the first time and have settled on your suggestion. I don't think I fully understand all the advantages and disadvantages of each pattern yet but I learn a lot better coding than I do reading and this pattern see... read more »