Is John Resig’s Javascript inheritance snippet deprecated?

Does that mean I shouldn’t use John Resig’s code?

Correct, not when you are using ES5 in strict mode. However, it can be easily adapted:

/* Simple JavaScript Inheritance for ES 5.1
 * based on http://ejohn.org/blog/simple-javascript-inheritance/
 *  (inspired by base2 and Prototype)
 * MIT Licensed.
 */
(function(global) {
  "use strict";
  var fnTest = /xyz/.test(function(){xyz;}) ? /\b_super\b/ : /.*/;

  // The base Class implementation (does nothing)
  function BaseClass(){}

  // Create a new Class that inherits from this class
  BaseClass.extend = function(props) {
    var _super = this.prototype;

    // Set up the prototype to inherit from the base class
    // (but without running the init constructor)
    var proto = Object.create(_super);

    // Copy the properties over onto the new prototype
    for (var name in props) {
      // Check if we're overwriting an existing function
      proto[name] = typeof props[name] === "function" && 
        typeof _super[name] == "function" && fnTest.test(props[name])
        ? (function(name, fn){
            return function() {
              var tmp = this._super;

              // Add a new ._super() method that is the same method
              // but on the super-class
              this._super = _super[name];

              // The method only need to be bound temporarily, so we
              // remove it when we're done executing
              var ret = fn.apply(this, arguments);        
              this._super = tmp;

              return ret;
            };
          })(name, props[name])
        : props[name];
    }

    // The new constructor
    var newClass = typeof proto.init === "function"
      ? proto.hasOwnProperty("init")
        ? proto.init // All construction is actually done in the init method
        : function SubClass(){ _super.init.apply(this, arguments); }
      : function EmptyClass(){};

    // Populate our constructed prototype object
    newClass.prototype = proto;

    // Enforce the constructor to be what we expect
    proto.constructor = newClass;

    // And make this class extendable
    newClass.extend = BaseClass.extend;

    return newClass;
  };

  // export
  global.Class = BaseClass;
})(this);

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