React favours composition over inheritance
In this lesson, we study why React programmers prefer to use class composition over class inheritance.
Why not inheritance?
Imagine you are making a video game and need two characters: one that can shoot lasers and another that can cast spells. Both characters have a name and health.
You solve this problem neatly with inheritance. As per the following, a class structure with one parent class, the character
, and two child classes called caster
and shooter
can be created.
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