JavaScript prototype-based was one of the hardest points and I spent a long time understanding it coming from C & C++.
Recently, with the ECMAScript standard, they tried to make it look like a real OO language by adding some keywords like class or static but it is just syntactic sugar over this prototype-based programming paradigm. And since they are two different concepts, this OO emulation in JavaScript is nowhere near complete compared to PHP or C++.
In my opinion, it was a huge mistake. They should have gone to a more procedural path, or even functional, it would have been far easier to take, again still in my opinion.
It's funny how I can relate to your comment. I feel less lonely now. Haha!
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I agree with all of your points.
JavaScript prototype-based was one of the hardest points and I spent a long time understanding it coming from C & C++.
Recently, with the ECMAScript standard, they tried to make it look like a real OO language by adding some keywords like
classorstaticbut it is just syntactic sugar over this prototype-based programming paradigm. And since they are two different concepts, this OO emulation in JavaScript is nowhere near complete compared to PHP or C++.In my opinion, it was a huge mistake. They should have gone to a more procedural path, or even functional, it would have been far easier to take, again still in my opinion.
It's funny how I can relate to your comment. I feel less lonely now. Haha!