The Constructor and Prototype patterns are very similar but are separated by five other less closely-related patterns. I think the presentation of these two patterns would be considerably amplified were they presented sequentially, with a discussion of the differences between the new operator and the Object.create method.
I think there's also a case to be made for grouping these two directly above Factory, Mixins and Decorators to really drive the ideas home.
The Constructor and Prototype patterns are very similar but are separated by five other less closely-related patterns. I think the presentation of these two patterns would be considerably amplified were they presented sequentially, with a discussion of the differences between the
new
operator and theObject.create
method.I think there's also a case to be made for grouping these two directly above Factory, Mixins and Decorators to really drive the ideas home.