JavaScript Prototypes

Question 1

What kind of inheritance does the JavaScript programming language use?

Answer 1

prototype- based inheritance

Question 2

What is a prototype in JavaScript?

Answer 2

is simply an object that contains properties and (predominantly) methods that can be used by other objects

Question 3

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?

Answer 3

by setting the prottype of the method to the correct array

Question 4

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

Answer 4

it borrows it from its nearest prototype