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Functions are indeed objects in JS, however:

'function' === typeof (function(){}) while 'object' === typeof ({})

There are no classes in JavaScript, the way there are in some OO languages.

The new syntax of 'class' introduced in ES6 is just a synthetic sugar which will be translated to an Object and would use inheritance via the prototype chain.

I suggest the book 'JavaScript: The good parts' (by Douglas Crockford) for more on this topic.

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just a synthetic sugar

'syntactic[al] sugar' is the term used for this sort of thing and JS classes in particular, just about everywhere.

Thanks, I'll take a look! I've been in industry a couple of years now, but my experience with JavaScript has largely been "hit it until it works and then don't touch it again" - there seems to be at least two ways to do anything with no way to tell if one is objectively better.

Well, that’s because due to compatibility we still have the old way of doing things alongside the new ways of doing things plus the multiple future-now way of doing things. JavaScript recently has been moving fast both from a community and committee perspective. However, I think is nowhere near as bad as C++ where you can do similar things is different ways with big nuances on end results.

I highly recommend "Eloquent Javascript" instead because it's easier for beginners or developers coming from another language. It's available online for free too.

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