Chapter 12: Object-Oriented Programming in JavaScript
Object-oriented programming (OOP for short) is a style of programming that involves separating the code into objects that have properties and methods. This approach has the benefit of keeping related pieces of code encapsulated in objects that maintain state throughout the life of the program. The objects can also be reused or easily modified, as required. JavaScript obviously supports objects, as we saw in Chapter 5, so it also supports an object-oriented style of programming. In this chapter, we’ll look at what object-oriented programming is and how to implement it in JavaScript.
In this chapter, we’ll cover the following topics:
An introduction to OOP
Constructor functions
Using classes ...
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