Inheritance in JavaScript

Implement inheritance patterns

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inheritance.js

1class Animal {
2    constructor(name) { this.name = name; }
3    speak() { return this.name + ' makes a sound'; }
4}
5class Dog extends Animal {
6    speak() { return this.name + ' barks'; }
7}

Output

// Inheritance example

What's going on

Inheritance enables code reuse through classes.

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