Code for "faking it" blog post re: static methods in JavaScript.

faking-static-methods.js

// the "usual" way...

// (1a) init your class and assign to a variable:
var myWidget = new net.fd.SomeWidget();
    // now we have our instance

// (1b) call the method from your instance:
myWidget.inspectContext();
    // ...except inspectContext() tells returns false
    // meaning that we created myWidget for nothing

// (2) try something a little different
net.fd.SomeWidget.inspectContext();
    // error! - "inspectContext" is undefined
    // ...because "net.fd.SomeWidget" is the constructor

// (3) try it again, with a twist
net.fd.SomeWidget.prototype.inspectContext();
    // still returns false but this time we didn't have
    // the extra overhead of creating the instance

@see http://blog.founddrama.net/2010/06/faking-it/