Javascript prototypes trying to understand

Question

I am only starting to learn JavaScript and encounered with a problem trying to understand how the prorotypes work.

I got the following code

var parent = {
    city : "Cardiff",
    hair : "white",
    surname : "Smith",
    name : "John"
};

var child = Object.create(parent);{
    name : "Mike"
};

child.name

And when I call child.name it returns me John and not Mike. I tried to google, change the code, browsed through some reference books but still can't find the reason why am I returned John.

Answer 1

var child = Object.create(parent);{
    name : "Mike"
};

Is just

var child = Object.create(parent);

{
    name : "Mike"
};

So you create child then create some other random object with one property name whose value is "Mike".