Benefits of using `Object.create` for inheritance

Question

I\'ve been trying to wrap my head around the new Object.create method which was introduced in ECMAScript 5.

Usually when I want to use inheritance I do

Answer 1

Let's understand it with code only;

A.prototype = B.prototype;

function B() {console.log("I am B");this.b1= 30;}
    B.prototype.b2 = 40;

    function A() {console.log("I am A");this.a1= 10;}
    A.prototype.a2 = 20;

    A.prototype = B.prototype;

    A.prototype.constructor = A; 

    var a = new A;
    var b = new B;

    console.log(a);//A {a1: 10, b2: 40}
    console.log(b);//B {b1: 30, b2: 40}

    console.log(A.prototype.constructor);//A
    console.log(B.prototype.constructor);//A
    console.log(A.prototype);//A {b2: 40}
    console.log(B.prototype);//A {b2: 40}
    console.log(a.constructor === A); //true
    console.log(b.constructor === A); //true

console.log(a.a2);//undefined

A.prototype = Object.create(B.prototype);

function B() {console.log("I am B");this.b1= 30;}
B.prototype.b2 = 40;

function A() {console.log("I am A");this.a1= 10;}
A.prototype.a2 = 20;

A.prototype = Object.create(B.prototype);

A.prototype.constructor = A; 

var a = new A;
var b = new B;

console.log(a);//A {a1: 10, constructor: function, b2: 40}
console.log(b);//B {b1: 30, b2: 40} 

console.log(A.prototype.constructor);//A
console.log(B.prototype.constructor);//B
console.log(A.prototype);//A {constructor: function, b2: 40}
console.log(B.prototype);//B {b2: 40}
console.log(a.constructor === A); //true
console.log(b.constructor === B); //true
console.log(a.a2);//undefined