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Peter Scheler
JS enthusiast
Nice question.
__proto__ is the reference of an instance to its parent. This parent is the prototype. Each object has a __proto__ property. (You mustn't touch these)
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The prototype property is exclusive to constructor functions/classes.
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In addition, see this and try that.
Filipe Picoito
Full Stack Developer
I'd assume eventually MPJ becomes the ultimate beacon of JS (and related) knowledge, nice of you to link to his video!