I could say it is an absolute must to know OOP in JavaScript! There is so much more you can achieve using OOP that functional does not support. A good developer knows the benefits of both and uses them wisely. You can't go completely OOP or completely functional, you need to take the best of both worlds!
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I could say it is an absolute must to know OOP in JavaScript! There is so much more you can achieve using OOP that functional does not support. A good developer knows the benefits of both and uses them wisely. You can't go completely OOP or completely functional, you need to take the best of both worlds!
Not knowing how to implement those design patterns without using OOP doesn't mean that you need OOP to reproduce them.