<JavaScript: functional or object oriented? ⁄ >

In OO programming, nearly everything is considered an object that has its set of state and behaviors. For example, a person have name and gender, a person talks and thinks. Classes are used to define the objects, states and behaviors are translated in members and methods. OO is considered as using classses and objects to mirror the real world of inter-connected hierachical entities, and break down complex system into smaller more manageable elements.


In functional programming, instead of objects, functions are the beginning and the end and everything in between. Functions are the building blocks of the programming. Individual functions are defined to perform individual tasks, such as compute, sort, translate; functions can be passed as arguments and results; functions can call themselves (recursion).



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