Feb 19, 2015 · The prototype porperty of the constructor can alter properties of each instance that does link to that prototype in their prototype-chain. TL,DR: Note: This is not an exact definition, …

Apr 23, 2013 · A property called "prototype" is only interesting on objects that are functions. Assigning a value to the "prototype" property in your constructor has no effect (in this case); …

Apr 29, 2015 · Basing on these underlying mechanisms, statement <constructor name>.prototype.constructor = <constructor name> equals in term of effect to attach …

In this example Car links to the prototype object, which links via constructor to Car itself, i.e. Car.prototype.constructor is Car itself. This allows you to figure out which constructor function …

Aug 2, 2016 · As for why constructor—it’s a standard part of the language and so should be provided for consistency; it’s right by default, but because we’re replacing the prototype …

Aug 18, 2013 · Confused about Javascript Constructor and Prototype. 4. Constructor and prototype in javascript. 51.

Feb 28, 2009 · Aha! So obj has no constructor, JS goes to get it up the [[Prototype]] chain, all the way from Obj1.prototype.constructor. I'm not sure why the constructor property isn't just set on …

The other way (assigning methods within the constructor) creates a new function object for every Class object, using more memory and taking more processing time when calling the Class …

Mar 16, 2009 · Also its clear from the diagram that newtoy.prototype is not equal to newtoy.constructor.prototype and therefore newtoy.constructor.prototype will not have …

Apr 21, 2016 · If you're creating lots of Dogs, use the prototype approach. This way, all "instances" (i.e. objects created by the Dog constructor) will share one set of functions, …