Prototypes in JavaScript - FunFunFunction #16

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Let's say that you have a food type, and you want to make lots of different instances of that food, such as waffles, and I don't know why you'd want any other food than waffles, but maybe you like carrots or something. In that context, food is the prototype of waffles and *carrots*.

Some of you will be thinking - that reminds me of classes! You'd be right, but they are not the same thing, so try to put classes aside and think of prototypes as something completely new - if you try to shove prototypes into the same place in your brain where you keep classes you'll be very unhappy.

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