Class inheritance
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Class inheritance is a way for one class to extend another class. Internally, extends keyword works using the good old prototype mechanics. It sets Rabbit.prototype.[[Prototype]] to Animal.prototype. So, if a method is not found in Rabbit.prototype, JavaScript takes it from Animal.prototype. Classes
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- Class inheritance is a way for one class to extend another class.
- Internally, extends keyword works using the good old prototype mechanics. It sets Rabbit.prototype.[[Prototype]] to Animal.prototype. So, if a method is not found in Rabbit.prototype, JavaScript takes it from Animal.prototype.
- Classes provide "super" keyword for that.
- super.method(...) to call a parent method.
- Arrow functions have no super
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