Thanks for the reply! Yeah, sorry about going "off topic" in this
forum...but I haven't seen anywhere else that is as helpful as this
community, that at least somewhat deals with what I'm trying to seek help
on ;)
On Tuesday, April 17, 2012 8:16:05 AM UTC-4, Axel Kittenberger wrote:
>
> This is much rather a Javascript question than a Node.JS question. No,
> there is no standard that you must do, and thats the great thing about
> Javascript in that it provides you prototypes as a powerful basic
> mechanism you can build code organisations with rather than forcing a
> specific style of organisation on you like Java or C++.
>
> If you cut away this hack
> > if (!(this instanceof Tester)) {
> > return new Tester(name);
> > }
> than what you did is the basic way prototypes work.
>
> Otherwise you must precise your question. I for one came up with
> following helper for (multiple) inheritance and use _ to prefix what I
> consider a "private" variable. I don't know how well it works for
> border cases, for me it does what I expect it to:
>
> /**
> | Subclassing helper.
> |
> | sub: prototype to become a subclass.
> | base: either a prototype to become the base.
> | or a table of prototypes to become the base for multiple
> | inheritance.
> */
> var subclass = function(sub, base) {
> function Inherit() {}
> if (base.constructor === Object) {
> // multiple inheritance
> for(var name in base) {
> for(var k in base[name].prototype) {
> if (k === 'constructor') continue;
> if(Inherit.prototype[k]) {
> throw new Error('Multiple inheritance clash for
> '+sub+' :'+k);
> }
> Inherit.prototype[k] = base[name].prototype[k];
> }
> }
> } else {
> // single inheritance
> Inherit.prototype = base.prototype;
> }
> sub.prototype = new Inherit();
> sub.prototype.constructor = sub;
> };
>
> I like it, but it is likely not for everybody.
>
> On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 1:53 PM, Scott Ware <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hello, Node.js community!
> >
> > I've been using Node.js for about 8 months now, and have been constantly
> > learning as much as I can about it as well as bettering my knowledge on
> JS
> > as well. Its a fantastic product, and can't remember the last time I had
> > this much fun hacking away at things!
> >
> > My question is in regards to OOP: Is there a "standard" or specific
> method
> > that most of the community uses or is it mainly all just personal
> > preference? I've been browsing as much code as I can on Github, looking
> at
> > the different methods and what not. Such as Pseudo-classical, Prototypal,
> > etc.
> >
> > Currently I include this in my constructor(s):
> >
> > function Tester(name) {
> > if (!(this instanceof Tester)) {
> > return new Tester(name);
> > }
> >
> > this.name = name;
> > }
> >
> > Tester.prototype.say = function () {
> > console.log('Hello, ' + this.name);
> > }
> >
> > var person = new Tester('Scott');
> > person.say();
> >
> > To that, I have read the "Good Parts" book and some others, and also
> wonder
> > if there is a style that's preferred based on certain methods or
> use-cases
> > that might be deprecated or soon will be? Like getting away from the
> using
> > 'new' style of coding.
> >
> > Sorry if this is such a n00b question. When I write code, programs, I
> just
> > want to make sure that I have done my research and am doing it the right
> > way, vs a "wrong?" way.
> >
> > Thanks all, in advance!
> >
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