whatdoesthisdo.html

<script type="text/javascript">
/*
Walking through this page as a tutorial on how Javascripts object model works:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Details_of_the_Object_Model#Class-Based_vs._Prototype-Based_Languages
*/

//Function for Employee creates a constructor for Employee objects
function Employee() {
	this.name = "";
	this.dept = "General";
	this.title = "";
}

//Manager is going to inherit from Employee and add a reports property
function Manager() {
	Employee.call(this);
	this.reports = [];
	//Setting the title property that Employee setup
	this.title = "Manager";
}

//***I am unsure what this does.***
Manager.prototype = Object.create(Employee.prototype);

//Create an instance of an object using the Manager constructor
var mintedManager = new Manager();

document.write(mintedManager.title);

</script>

@hypomodern I thanked you on twitter too, but publicly (on this gist that will probably die someday in a gist purge) thank you!

@keller, thanks! Your object literal example makes a lot more sense to me given how its used in this example. It's helpful to understand the options!

"It feels to me like it's trying to trick devs into thinking it's like classical inheritance, which they successfully do trick devs into being confused" I've really really been feeling this as I'm learning about this. I'd actually started looking into it after reading a bit about classes in es6 and wondering what was making them work.