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I just avoid classes in js

Indeed. They’re very much implemented for people that wanted nineties style OO and who don’t get scopes/closures.

> Self is an object-oriented programming language based on the concept of prototypes.

-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self_(programming_language)

> JavaScript is a high-level, often just-in-time compiled language that conforms to the ECMAScript standard. It has dynamic typing, prototype-based object-orientation...

-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript

Yes.

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