Object-Oriented JavaScript

Conventions

In this book, you will find a number of styles of text that distinguish between different kinds of information. Here are some examples of these styles, and an explanation of their meaning.

Code words in text are shown as follows: " The key/value pairs are divided by colons, in the format key: value ."

A block of code will be set as follows:

var book = {
  name: 'Catch-22',
  published: 1961,
  author: {
    firstname: 'Joseph',
    lastname: 'Heller'
  }
};

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items will be shown in bold:

function TwoDShape(){}
// take care of inheritance
TwoDShape.prototype = Shape.prototype;
TwoDShape.prototype.constructor = TwoDShape;

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