Comments on: Transitioning from Java Classes to JavaScript Prototypes http://ajaxian.com/archives/transitioning-from-java-classes-to-javascript-prototypes Cleaning up the web with Ajax Thu, 17 May 2012 07:43:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Broofa http://ajaxian.com/archives/transitioning-from-java-classes-to-javascript-prototypes/comment-page-1#comment-258051 Broofa Thu, 01 Nov 2007 06:05:03 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/?p=2954#comment-258051 Sadly, the basic premise of the article, "simulating class-based inheritance in JavaScript really doesn't work" is no longer true. Prototype 1.6 features a rather elegant solution to this problem in the form of the "$super" argument (see http://prototypejs.org/2007/8/15/prototype-1-6-0-release-candidate for details). The mixin and observable patterns are still useful, but no longer essential workarounds where true inheritance is required. Sadly, the basic premise of the article, “simulating class-based inheritance in JavaScript really doesn’t work” is no longer true. Prototype 1.6 features a rather elegant solution to this problem in the form of the “$super” argument (see http://prototypejs.org/2007/8/15/prototype-1-6-0-release-candidate for details).

The mixin and observable patterns are still useful, but no longer essential workarounds where true inheritance is required.

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