另一种理解它的好方法是:

var foo = {}

/* 
foo.constructor is Object, so foo.constructor.prototype is actually 
Object.prototype; Object.prototype in return is what foo.__proto__ links to. 
*/
console.log(foo.constructor.prototype === foo.__proto__);
// this proves what the above comment proclaims: Both statements evaluate to true.
console.log(foo.__proto__ === Object.prototype);
console.log(foo.constructor.prototype === Object.prototype);

仅当支持IE11 __proto__后。在那个版本之前，比如IE9，你可以使用构造函数来获取__proto__. dll。

简单来说:

> var a = 1
undefined
> a.__proto__
[Number: 0]
> Number.prototype
[Number: 0]
> Number.prototype === a.__proto__
true

这允许你在X类型的对象实例化之后将属性附加到X.prototype，并且它们仍然可以通过javascript引擎使用的__proto__引用访问这些新属性。

在JavaScript中，函数可以用作构造函数。这意味着我们可以使用new关键字从它们中创建对象。每个构造函数都带有一个内置对象。这个内置对象称为原型。构造函数的实例使用__proto__来访问其构造函数的prototype属性。

First we created a constructor: function Foo(){}. To be clear, Foo is just another function. But we can create an object from it with the new keyword. That's why we call it the constructor function Every function has a unique property which is called the prototype property. So, Constructor function Foo has a prototype property which points to its prototype, which is Foo.prototype (see image). Constructor functions are themselves a function which is an instance of a system constructor called the [[Function]] constructor. So we can say that function Foo is constructed by a [[Function]] constructor. So, __proto__ of our Foo function will point to the prototype of its constructor, which is Function.prototype. Function.prototype is itself is nothing but an object which is constructed from another system constructor called [[Object]]. So, [[Object]] is the constructor of Function.prototype. So, we can say Function.prototype is an instance of [[Object]]. So __proto__ of Function.prototype points to Object.prototype. Object.prototype is the last man standing in the prototype chain. I mean it has not been constructed. It's already there in the system. So its __proto__ points to null. Now we come to instances of Foo. When we create an instance using new Foo(), it creates a new object which is an instance of Foo. That means Foo is the constructor of these instances. Here we created two instances (x and y). __proto__ of x and y thus points to Foo.prototype.

Prototype VS. __proto__ VS. [[Prototype]]

在创建函数时，会自动创建一个名为prototype的属性对象(不是您自己创建的)，并将其附加到函数对象(构造函数)。注意:这个新的原型对象也指向本机JavaScript对象，或者有一个内部私有链接。

例子:

function Foo () {
    this.name = 'John Doe';
}

// Foo has an object property called prototype.
// prototype was created automatically when we declared the function Foo.
Foo.hasOwnProperty('prototype'); // true

// Now, we can assign properties and methods to it:
Foo.prototype.myName = function () {
    return 'My name is ' + this.name;
}

如果你使用new关键字从Foo中创建一个新对象，你基本上是在创建一个新对象，它有一个内部或私有的链接到我们之前讨论过的函数Foo的原型:

var b = new Foo();

b.[[Prototype]] === Foo.prototype  // true

到该函数对象的私有链接称为双括号prototype或[[prototype]]。许多浏览器为我们提供了一个公共链接，称为__proto__!

更具体地说，__proto__实际上是一个属于原生JavaScript对象的getter函数。它返回this绑定的内部私有原型链接(返回b的[[prototype]]):

b.__proto__ === Foo.prototype // true

值得注意的是，ECMAScript5的启动，你也可以使用getPrototypeOf方法来获得内部的私有链接:

Object.getPrototypeOf(b) === b.__proto__ // true

注意:这个答案并不打算涵盖创建新对象或新构造函数的整个过程，而是帮助更好地理解__proto__、prototype和[[prototype]]以及它是如何工作的。

我试试四年级的解释:

事情很简单。原型是如何构建某样东西的例子。所以:

我是一个函数，我构建与原型相似的新对象 我是一个对象，我是用我的__proto__作为例子来构建的

证明:

function Foo() { }

var bar = new Foo()

// `bar` is constructed from how Foo knows to construct objects
bar.__proto__ === Foo.prototype // => true

// bar is an instance - it does not know how to create objects
bar.prototype // => undefined

除了以上这些精彩的答案外，我还想说得更清楚一点:

function Person(name){
    this.name = name
 }; 

var eve = new Person("Eve");

eve.__proto__ == Person.prototype //true

eve.prototype  //undefined

实例有__proto__，类有prototype。