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Mastering JavaScript Object-Oriented Programming

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Mastering JavaScript Object-Oriented Programming

Overview of this book

ECMAScript 6 introduces several new Object-Oriented features that drastically change the way developers structure their projects. Web developers now have some advanced OOP functionality at their disposal to build large-scale applications in JavaScript. With this book, we'll provide you with a comprehensive overview of OOP principles in JavaScript and how they can be implemented to build sophisticated web applications. Kicking off with a subtle refresher on objects, we'll show you how easy it is to define objects with the new ES6 classes. From there, we'll fly you through some essential OOP principles, forming a base for you to get hands-on with encapsulation. You'll get to work with the different methods of inheritance and we'll show you how to avoid using inheritance with Duck Typing. From there, we'll move on to some advanced patterns for object creation and you'll get a strong idea of how to use interesting patterns to present data to users and to bind data. We'll use the famous promises to work with asynchronous processes and will give you some tips on how to organize your code effectively. You'll find out how to create robust code using SOLID principles and finally, we'll show you how to clearly define the goals of your application architecture to get better, smarter, and more effective coding. This book is your one-way ticket to becoming a JavaScript Jedi who can be counted on to deliver flexible and maintainable code.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Mastering JavaScript Object-Oriented Programming
Credits
About the Author
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Preface

Implementing multiple inheritance


The prototypal mechanism of inheritance leads us to the conclusion that JavaScript supports single inheritance. In fact, since an object has just one prototype link and we can assign just one prototype object to a constructor function, we can conclude that an object can inherit features from just one other object. However, the flexibility of JavaScript allow us to implement multiple inheritance in a simple way.

But what is multiple inheritance? It is the ability to inherit features from more than one object or class at the same time. Suppose, for example, that we have two constructors or classes: Developer and Student. We want to be able to create objects that represent developers who study, that is, objects that inherit features both from the Developer and Student. Multiple inheritance allows us to compose features deriving from more than one object or class into a new type of object. Let's explain how to implement it in JavaScript.

We start from our Developer...