[Rails-spinoffs] Class.create() Vs Creating Objects

[Maninder, Singh]

Hi,

I have a basic question about Class.create() Vs creating objects.

I would like to know the pros of one over the other (which one I don't know).

Problem Description:

I would like to write an object "Browser" that has methods like getName, 
getVersion...

I could do it any of the following ways -

var Browser = {
  this.getName: function() {
  },
  this.getVersion: function() {
  }
};

Or I could do -

var Browser = Class.create();
Browser.prototype = {
  initialize: function() {
  },
  getName: function() {
  },
  getVersion: function() {
  }
}

In the first case when I created an object, I can use it as Browser.getName()
whereas in the second case when I used Class.create(), I need to first do

new Browser();
Browser.getName();

Just want to know if it's a good idea or a bad one to create classes and not 
objects?

Could there be memory problems with too many classes?

Thanks,
Mandy.
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