You Don't Know JS: this & Object Prototypes

You Don't Know JS: this & Object Prototypes

<div><p>No matter how much experience you have with JavaScript, odds are you don€t fully understand the language. This concise, in-depth guide takes you inside JavaScript€s this structure and object prototypes. You€ll learn how they work and why they€re integral to behavior delegation€"a design pattern in which objects are linked, rather than cloned.</p><p>Like other books in the €œYou Don€t Know JS€ series, this and Object Prototypes dives into trickier parts of the language that many JavaScript programmers simply avoid. Armed with this knowledge, you can become a true JavaScript master.</p><p>With this book you will:</p><ul><li>Explore how the this binding points to objects based on how the function is called</li><li>Look into the nature of JS objects and why you€d need to point to them</li><li>Learn how developers use the mixin pattern to fake classes in JS</li><li>Examine how JS€s prototype mechanism forms links between objects</li><li>Learn how to move from class/inheritance design to behavior delegation</li><li>Understand how the OLOO (objects-linked-to-other-objects) coding style naturally implements behavior delegation</li></ul></div>