Chapter 1. Primitive and Reference Types
Most developers learn object-oriented programming by working with class-based languages such as Java or C#. When these developers start learning JavaScript, they get disoriented because JavaScript has no formal support for classes. Instead of defining classes from the beginning, with JavaScript you can just write code and create data structures as you need them. Because it lacks classes, JavaScript also lacks class groupings such as packages. Whereas in languages like Java, package and class names define both the types of objects you use and the layout of files and folders in your project, programming in JavaScript is like starting with a blank slate: You can organize things any way you want. Some developers ...
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