What is __proto__ in JavaScript?

If you’ve used JavaScript, chances are you’ve come across it

If you’ve used JavaScript, chances are you’ve come across it something like this:

I’ve created an empty object, why is it that console.log shows a mysterious property __proto__?

Not a mystery

So it turns out, an empty object is more than the 2 curly braces that you see on the screen. Every single javascript object created, automatically comes with a __proto__ property, which is from the…