> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brett Patterson > Sent: 24 October 2008 02:25 > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: [WSG] JavaScript clarification please > > > Oh, most definitely agreed. Sorry if I started an argument, I only wanted to know > what it was. I don't know if it is just me, but this topic seems to be too > controversial. Thank you all for answering.
Actually, I think you have stumbled upon one of the keys to this issue: it is controversial amongst people who are not familiar with the language. Most of the confusion comes from people who are experts in PHP or C++, and who believe that makes them expert in OO, or indeed University Lecturers that are proficient in neither. If you ask people who are truly expert with JavaScript, they will all tell you that it _is_ Object-Oriented, not least because it is entirely object-based: the first rule of JavaScript is: "Everything is an object. A function is an object, a string is an object, and an array is an object." As others have said, most other OO languages implement class-based inheritance, often as a result of their linear underpinnings. People who are used to this approach, then go through some horrible kludges to simulate this unnecessarily in JavaScript apps, and then complain that the results are horrible. Prototype-based inheritance is a very different beast, and one that is much better suited to the way that JavaScript is supposed to be used. Final point of confusion: the library called 'Prototype'. Stupid name - never used a languages reserved word for anything: it is reserved for a good reason, but is now better known than object.prototype itself! Regards, Mike Mike Brockington Web Development Specialist www.calcResult.com www.stephanieBlakey.me.uk www.edinburgh.gov.uk This message does not reflect the opinions of any entity other than the author alone. ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
