Inheritance in Classes

In this lesson we will implement inheritance in classes.

Inheritance in classes

The underlying concept when utilizing inheritance is the same in both approaches: constructor functions and classes. However, the latter provides a cleaner syntax as well as new keywords. First, take a look at the expected hierarchy in a class-based approach for inheritance in the diagram below.

Use the extends keyword to have all properties available from one class to another.

class childClassName extends parentClassName{
    //body containing constructor and methods
}

First, write the child class followed by the extends keyword, then the name of the parent class, which is upon which the child class is based and will ...