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JavaScript Prototypal Inheritance Explained Simply

Inheritance is simply one object trying to inherit properties and methods of another object. A prototype is simply an object with inbuilt methods that are attached to your object.

const animal = {
  speak() { return this.name + " makes a sound"; }
};
const pet = Object.create(animal);
pet.name = "Pip";
console.log(pet.speak());
console.log(Object.hasOwn(pet, "name"));
console.log(Object.hasOwn(pet, "speak"));
console.log(Object.getPrototypeOf(pet) === animal);

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