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

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。

我知道，我迟到了，但让我试着简化一下。

假设有一个函数

    function Foo(message){

         this.message = message ; 
     };

     console.log(Foo.prototype);

Foo函数将有一个原型对象链接。所以，无论何时我们在JavaScript中创建一个函数，它总是有一个原型对象链接到它。

现在让我们继续使用函数Foo创建两个对象。

    var a = new Foo("a");
    var b = new Foo("b");
    console.log(a.message);
    console.log(b.message);

现在我们有两个对象，对象a和对象b。它们都被创建了 使用构造函数Foo。记住，构造函数在这里只是一个词。 对象a和b都有message属性的副本。 这两个对象a和b链接到构造函数Foo的原型对象。 在对象a和b上，我们可以在所有浏览器中使用__proto__属性访问Foo prototype，在IE中我们可以使用Object.getPrototypeOf(a)或Object.getPrototypeOf(b)

现在,Foo。Prototype, a.__proto__和b.__proto__都表示同一个对象。

    b.__proto__ === Object.getPrototypeOf(a);
    a.__proto__ ===  Foo.prototype;
    a.constructor.prototype  === a.__proto__;

所有这些都将返回true。

如我们所知，在JavaScript中属性可以动态添加。我们可以向对象添加属性

    Foo.prototype.Greet = function(){

         console.log(this.message);
    }
    a.Greet();//a
    b.Greet();//b
    a.constructor.prototype.Greet();//undefined 

如你所见，我们在Foo中添加了Greet()方法。但它可以在a和b或任何其他使用Foo构造的对象中访问。

在执行a.Greet()时，JavaScript将首先在对象a的属性列表中搜索Greet。如果没有找到，它将在a. Since a.__proto__和Foo的__proto__链中上升。prototype是同一个对象，JavaScript会找到Greet()方法并执行它。

我希望，现在prototype和__proto__被简化了一点。

原型

prototype是一个函数的属性。它是通过使用带有new关键字的that(构造函数)函数创建对象的蓝图。

__proto__

__proto__在查找链中用于解析方法、属性。当创建对象时(使用构造函数函数和new关键字)，__proto__被设置为(构造函数)function .prototype

function Robot(name) {
    this.name = name;
}
var robot = new Robot();

// the following are true   
robot.__proto__ == Robot.prototype
robot.__proto__.__proto__ == Object.prototype

以下是我的(假想的)解释，以消除困惑:

假设有一个与函数相关的假想类(blueprint/ cookie cutter)。那个假想类用于实例化对象。prototype是一种扩展机制(c#或Swift Extension中的扩展方法)，用于向虚类中添加内容。

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

以上可以想象为:

// imaginary class
class Robot extends Object{

    static prototype = Robot.class  
    // Robot.prototype is the way to add things to Robot class
    // since Robot extends Object, therefore Robot.prototype.__proto__ == Object.prototype

    var __proto__;

    var name = "";

    // constructor
    function Robot(name) {

        this.__proto__ = prototype;
        prototype = undefined;

        this.name = name;
    }

} 

So,

var robot = new Robot();

robot.__proto__ == Robot.prototype
robot.prototype == undefined
robot.__proto__.__proto__ == Object.prototype

现在为Robot的原型添加方法:

Robot.prototype.move(x, y) = function(x, y){ Robot.position.x = x; Robot.position.y = y};
// Robot.prototype.move(x, y) ===(imagining)===> Robot.class.move(x, y)

以上可以想象为Robot类的扩展:

// Swift way of extention
extension Robot{
    function move(x, y){    
        Robot.position.x = x; Robot.position.y = y
    }
}

反过来，

// imaginary class
class Robot{

    static prototype = Robot.class // Robot.prototype way to extend Robot class
    var __proto__;

    var name = "";

    // constructor
    function Robot(name) {

        this.__proto__ = prototype;
        prototype = undefined;

        this.name = name;
    }

    // added by prototype (as like C# extension method)
    function move(x, y){ 
        Robot.position.x = x; Robot.position.y = y
    };
}

我认为你需要知道__proto__， [[prototype]]和prototype之间的区别。

公认的答案是有帮助的，但它可能暗示(不完全)__proto__只与在构造函数上使用new创建的对象相关，这是不正确的。

更准确地说:__proto__存在于每个对象上。

But what is __proto__ at all? Well, it is an object referencing another object which is also a property of all objects, called [[prototype]]. It's worth mentioning that [[prototype]] is something that JavaScript handles internally and is inaccessible to the developer. Why would we need a reference object to the property [[prototype]] (of all objects)? Because JavaScript doesn't want to allow getting / setting the [[prototype]] directly, so it allows it through a middle layer which is __proto__. So you can think of __proto__ as a getter/setter of the [[prototype]] property. What is prototype then? It is something specific to functions(Initially defined in Function, i.e, Function.prototype and then prototypically inherited by newly created functions, and then again those functions give it to their children, forming a chain of prototypical inheritance). JavaScript uses a parent function's prototype to set its child functions' [[prototype]] when that parent function is run with new (remember we said all objects have [[prototype]]? well, functions are objects too, so they have [[prototype]] as well). So when the [[prototype]] of a function(child) is set to the prototype of another function(parent), you will have this in the end: let child = new Parent(); child.__proto__ === Parent.prototype // --> true. (Remember child.[[prototype]] is inaccessible, so we checked it using __proto__.)

注意1:只要属性不在子对象中，它的__proto__将被“隐式”搜索。例如，if child。Myprop返回一个值，你不能说" Myprop "是子对象的属性，还是父对象原型的属性。这也意味着你永远不需要做这样的事情:child.__proto__.__proto__。我的东西你自己拿去吧，孩子。Myprop会自动为你做这件事。

注意2:即使父对象的原型中有项目，子对象自己的原型最初也是一个空对象。如果您想进一步扩展继承链(将child[ren]添加到child)，则可以向其中添加项或手动从其中删除项。或者可以隐式地操纵它，例如使用类语法。)

注意3:如果你需要自己设置/获取[[prototype]]，使用__proto__有点过时，现代JavaScript建议使用Object。setPrototypeOf和Object。getPrototypeOf代替。

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.