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Object-Oriented JavaScript

You're reading from   Object-Oriented JavaScript Learn everything you need to know about object-oriented JavaScript (OOJS)

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785880568
Length 550 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Stoyan STEFANOV Stoyan STEFANOV
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Table of Contents (19) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Object-Oriented JavaScript FREE CHAPTER 2. Primitive Data Types, Arrays, Loops, and Conditions 3. Functions 4. Objects 5. ES6 Iterators and Generators 6. Prototype 7. Inheritance 8. Classes and Modules 9. Promises and Proxies 10. The Browser Environment 11. Coding and Design Patterns 12. Testing and Debugging 13. Reactive Programming and React A. Reserved Words B. Built-in Functions
C. Built-in Objects D. Regular Expressions
E. Answers to Exercise Questions

Isolating the inheritance part into a function


Let's move the code that takes care of all the inheritance details from the last example into a reusable extend() function:

    function extend(Child, Parent) { 
    var F = function () {}; 
    F.prototype = Parent.prototype; 
    Child.prototype = new F(); 
    Child.prototype.constructor = Child; 
    Child.uber = Parent.prototype; 
    } 

Using this function (or your own custom version of it) helps you keep your code clean with regard to the repetitive inheritance-related tasks. This way, you can inherit by simply using the following two lines of code:

    extend(TwoDShape, Shape); 
    extend(Triangle, TwoDShape); 

Let's see a complete example:

    // inheritance helper 
    function extend(Child, Parent) { 
      var F = function () {}; 
      F.prototype = Parent.prototype; 
      Child.prototype = new F(); 
      Child.prototype.constructor = Child; 
      Child...
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