JavaScript Prototypes and the Prototype Chain Explained (with `class` Decoded)

JavaScript is prototype-based wearing a class costume. How [[Prototype]] works, the chain lookup, Object.create vs new, how `class` decompiles to constructor + prototype, super, static methods, and the performance pitfalls of mutating prototypes.

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