Inheritance — Complete Guide
Inheritance — Complete Guide: free step-by-step lesson with examples, common mistakes, and interview tips — part of JavaScript Tutorial on Toolliyo Academy.
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JavaScript Tutorial · Lesson 25 of 100
Inheritance
Basics ✓ → Objects & data → Async & DOM → Advanced → Tools → Projects
Intermediate · 2 — Built-in types & objects · ~6 min · JS Objects & Collections
What is this?
Inheritance lets one class extend another — the child gets the parent methods and can add or override behavior.
Why should you care?
Admin extends User avoids duplicating shared fields and methods.
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class Animal {
speak() { return "..."; }
}
class Dog extends Animal {
speak() { return "Woof!"; }
}
console.log(new Dog().speak());
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What happened?
- extends links Dog to Animal.
- Dog overrides speak.
- super.speak() would call the parent version.
Practice next
- Run Dog extends Animal example.
- Add constructor(name) { super(); this.name = name; }.
- Call super.speak() from an override.
- Create Admin extends User that adds isAdmin: true in constructor.
- Override greet in child to prepend a role prefix.
Remember
extends Parent super() in constructor Override methods in child
ScriptVerse role hierarchy
AdminUser extends BaseUser to add permission checks while reusing login and profile logic.
Outcome: Inheritance shares common code without duplicating authentication flows.
Interview prep for this lesson
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