What techniques can be used to define a class in JavaScript, and what are their trade-offs?

Question

I prefer to use OOP in large scale projects like the one I\'m working on right now. I need to create several classes in JavaScript but, if I\'m not mistaken, there are at le

Answer 1

Object Based Classes with Inheritence

var baseObject = 
{
     // Replication / Constructor function
     new : function(){
         return Object.create(this);   
     },

    aProperty : null,
    aMethod : function(param){
      alert("Heres your " + param + "!");
    },
}


newObject = baseObject.new();
newObject.aProperty = "Hello";

anotherObject = Object.create(baseObject); 
anotherObject.aProperty = "There";

console.log(newObject.aProperty) // "Hello"
console.log(anotherObject.aProperty) // "There"
console.log(baseObject.aProperty) // null

Simple, sweet, and gets 'er done.