Angus Croll • 12/5/2011

Extending JavaScript Natives

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This technical article examines the controversial practice of extending JavaScript's built-in prototypes (like Array.prototype). It demonstrates how to add methods, discusses the opposition due to future-proofing and library conflicts, and suggests mitigation strategies like feature detection.

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