Is there a better way to create an object-oriented class with jQuery?

Question

I use the jQuery extend function to extend a class prototype.

For example:

MyWidget = function(name_var) {
  this.init(name_var);
}

$.extend(MyWidge         


        

Answer 1

Why not just use the simple OOP that JavaScript itself provides...long before jQuery?

var myClass = function(){};
myClass.prototype = {
    some_property: null,
    some_other_property: 0,

    doSomething: function(msg) {
        this.some_property = msg;
        alert(this.some_property);
    }
};

Then you just create an instance of the class:

var myClassObject = new myClass();
myClassObject.doSomething("Hello Worlds");

Simple!