- In software development, a private property of an object which holds a link to another object. That prototype object has a prototype of its own, and so on until an object is reached with
nullas its prototype. By definition,nullhas no prototype, and acts as the final link in this prototype chain. ← MDN Web Docs - In web development and design, an interactive mockup or working model of a website or application used to demonstrate functionality, user flows, and design concepts before full development.
- A JavaScript framework created in 2005 by Sam Stephenson. It provides helpers for DOM manipulation, AJAX (
XMLHttpRequest), and other utilities. Prototype is distributed standalone, but also as part of larger projects, such as Ruby on Rails, script.aculo.us, and Rico. Prototype is no longer actively maintained. ← Wikipedia ↑ prototypejs.org
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