Neither classes nor inheritance are necessary for OOP. A good read on this topic: http://wcook.blogspot.de/2012/07/proposal-for-simplified-modern.html http://wc

Neither classes nor inheritance are necessary for OOP. A good read on this topic: http://wcook.blogspot.de/2012/07/proposal-for-simplified-modern.html http://wcook.blogspot.de/2012/07/proposal-for-simplified-mod... Btw, you can also do classes with JavaScript: http://mootools.net/docs/core/Class/Class http://mootools.net/docs/core/Class/Class JavaScript's prototype-based OOP is a superset of class-based OOP.