JavaScript is the language of the web. It makes websites interactive, creates animations, draws data-driven graphics, and more. It even runs natively in your web browser so you don’t have to install ...

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So, Clint's post about the IE issues with the site JavaScript prompted a question for me that's been sitting in the back of my mind for quite a while. I've been using the .prototype method for the ...