CHAPTER 2
Special Objects
JavaScript is an object-oriented language, which is a programming paradigm that acknowledges the compartmentalization of data encapsulated within an “object.” But what exactly is an object? To put it plainly, it is a classification used to represent a generalized/generic form. This lack of specificity makes it possible to classify an object as anything that exists. This affords an object-oriented language a means to address any and all non-primitive types.
This is extremely beneficial to an object-oriented language, which employs the Object—due to its general classification—thereby encompassing everything within a singular ...
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