JavaScript Enlightenment

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JavaScript EnlightenmentCody LindleyFirst Edition, based on JavaScript , ECMA-262, Edition 3Table of the Author the Technical Editors Richardson Simpson Smith Nadel Florence Logan did I write this book? should read this book? JavaScript & ECMA-262 Edition 3? didn't I cover the Date(), Error(), RegEx() objects? code, less words code and repetition Conventions , JS Bin, and Firebug lite-dev 1 - JavaScript Objects objects constructors construct and return object instances JavaScript native/built-in object constructors object constructor functions constructors using the new operator shorthand/literal values from constructors (aka simple) values primitive values null, undefined, "string", 10, true, and false are not objects primitive values are stored/copied in JavaScript values are equal by value string, number, and boolean primitive values act like objects when used like objects (aka composite)

Replacing the prototype property with a new object does not update former instances .....107 User-defined constructors can leverage the same prototype inheritance as ...