JavaScript Prototypes (Part 1)

This is part 1 (out of 2) of our JavaScript prototypes lesson. This video is mostly a review of constructor functions. The next part takes what we review in this video and applies it to prototypes.

This video is an edited version of a live lesson given by Gilbert Garza at MakerSquare, a Software Development School with locations in Austin, San Francisco, LA and NYC.

MakerSquare is a three-month full-time career accelerator for software engineering. By teaching computer science fundamentals and modern web languages like JavaScript, we prepare students to join top flight engineering teams.

[FaizanShakeelKhan]

This is "the" way of teaching, literally step by step and in depth, please keep this pace and method and don't listen to those who just wanna go thru something and don't have time and patience to understand it.

[PrometheanDesigns]

I absolutely love the meticulously detailed and visually descriptive way you made this so much clearer. *hugs my brother from another mother* yeah, maaann!

[mabehal-zuqyadeek]

Thanks for the video. The visualization made it easier to understand what prototypes really are.

[kid_kulafu_]

ARE YOU ONE OF THE JS GOD TEACHER? I WAS JUST LISTENING WHILE TAKING A SHOWER AND NOT WATCHING THE VIDEO AND WHEN I HEAR YOU SAY 'THEY WILL SHARE ONE FUNCTION USING PROTOTYPE' SIR!!! I FINALLY GET IT!! THAT'S WHY EVERYONE SAID ITS EFFICIENT TO WRITE IT THIS WAY! YOU ARE AWESOME!! CAPS LOCK BECAUSE it's INTENSE!

[andrewm]

Do yourself a favor and watch this at 2x speed. It feels about normal pace at 2x

[daniel....]

I'm trying to run this code from the piece of paper I wrote on, but it doesn't work. Help please!

[thealphasystem]

Good vid. But y u no use a text editor??

[highestcount]

OH MY GOD. I'm watching this at 2x speed and it is still like watching my grandma trying to open her email. FUUUCCKK! And he never even mentioned the word "prototype" which is why we're all here. I'm sure this is helpful to some people, but damn! It doesn't need to be 18:35.

[jonathanwkelly]

I'm gonna handwrite a comment and mail it to you.

[mikaelnilsson]

The color and sound parameters wont disappear. They will exist as private properties that can be accessed with public methods. Example:

function Car(color){
   this.getColor(){
      return color;
   }
   this.setColor(newColor){
      color =  newColor;
   }
}

[brunosastre]

Why the heck do you write code handrwitten if you can use a text editor? My god...

[RealToughCandy]

Is this how you teach this at your actual coding bootcamp, hand written like this? Come on, Hack Reactor.

[joellim]

I am trying to learn prototypes and I have absolutely no idea what is going on here.

[tnduc]

Thanks but I should leave. It is super slow. Hope the speed will be improved in the next tutorials.
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[abdulagha]

worst video ever in the history of human civilization