Oct 30, 2010 · Javascript is a multi-paradigm language that supports procedural, object-oriented (prototype-based) and functional programming styles. Here is an article discussing how to do OO in Javascript.

Prototype-based programming is a style of object-oriented programming where classes are not present, and behavior reuse (or inheritance in class-based languages) is performed by cloning existing objects that serve as prototypes.

Apr 29, 2009 · In the course of programming we encounter large javascript files which are open source and written in an object oriented manner( like JQuery ). If we need to modify these files we have to have a b...

Aug 5, 2011 · What is the difference between an object oriented and an object based programming language? Is JavaScript is an object oriented or based?

May 15, 2016 · I'm just starting to research different programming styles (OOP, functional, procedural). I'm learning JavaScript and starting into underscore.js and came along this small section in the docs. The docs say that underscore.js can be used in a Object-Oriented or Functional style and that both of these result in the same thing.

May 2, 2011 · JavaScript is an object oriented language but supports functional programming language style of using functions. Actually JavaScript is not a class-based Object Oriented because it uses prototyphal inheritance.This means in JavaScript Inheritance occurs not through defining classes of objects rather the objects (prototype) themselves.

Mar 15, 2013 · JavaScript is a prototype-oriented language. It can build actual objects from a constructor function and it has almost any feature that any object could have: Constructor. Methods (i.e. functions in JavaScript). Properties (since ECMA-Script 5, "getters/setters"). Instances. In JavaScript, any object has a prototype, including functions. The prototype itself is a rudimentary way of adding ...

Mar 1, 2015 · That only works in jQuery, because most functions are setup to return the jQuery object that they are a part of (this), after modification, so that they can be chained together. What do your functions return?

Oct 28, 2013 · A Quick Overview of Object-Oriented Programming Both prototypal inheritance and classical inheritance are object-oriented programming paradigms (i.e. they deal with objects). Objects are simply abstractions which encapsulate the properties of a real world entity (i.e. they represent real word things in the program). This is known as abstraction.

If you want to do a real strong OOP in Javascript/Node, you can have a look at the full-stack open source framework Danf. It allows you to use OOP (and so the same classes) on both the server (node) and client (browser) sides.