In my last post about the prototype chain, I touched very briefly on the this keyword and binding — and now the time has come to give it our full attention. It’s one of the more confusing areas of JavaScript, so make sure your thinking hat is nearby, have a…

If, like me, your previous programming experience was in Object Oriented languages like Java or C#, JavaScript’s prototype based approach to inheritance might take a minute to get your head around. You can get by just fine without delving too deeply, or even thinking about prototypes. Where it starts getting…