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JavaScript: Class.method vs. Class.prototype.method

What’s the difference between creating a prototype like this:

Date.foo = function(bar) {
    alert(bar);
};

And this:

Date.prototype.foo = function(bar) {
    alert(bar);
};

Why/when should I use either?

Answer 1

in the first example, foo is a constructor method, its like a ‘static’ method in java. The second is like defining a method foo on a class — it is scoped to the instance.

you would access the first like

Date.foo()

and the second like

Date d = new Date()
d.foo() 

or in another method on an instance of Date like

this.foo()