Using “Object.create” instead of “new”

Question

Javascript 1.9.3 / ECMAScript 5 introduces Object.create, which Douglas Crockford amongst others has been advocating for a long time. How do I replace new

Answer 1

You could make the init method return this, and then chain the calls together, like this:

var userB = {
    init: function(nameParam) {
        this.id = MY_GLOBAL.nextId();
        this.name = nameParam;
        return this;
    },
    sayHello: function() {
        console.log('Hello '+ this.name);
    }
};

var bob = Object.create(userB).init('Bob');