What techniques can be used to define a class in JavaScript, and what are their trade-offs?

Question

I prefer to use OOP in large scale projects like the one I\'m working on right now. I need to create several classes in JavaScript but, if I\'m not mistaken, there are at le

Answer 1

Code golf for @liammclennan's answer.

var Animal = function (args) {
  return {
    name: args.name,

    getName: function () {
      return this.name; // member access
    },

    callGetName: function () {
      return this.getName(); // method call
    }
  };
};

var cat = Animal({ name: 'tiger' });
console.log(cat.callGetName());