Combining Powers: Utilizing Inheritance with JavaScript Modules

Max N
2 min readApr 4, 2024

Incorporating inheritance into your module architecture brings structure, clarity, and organization to large projects. Applying solid inheritance principles enriches the longevity and sustainability of your creations.

This tutorial walks you through blending inheritance with modules, elevating your JavaScript proficiency.

Prerequisites

  • Basic familiarity with JavaScript
  • Intermediate comprehension of inheritance concepts
  • Experience with Node.js environment and NPM packages

Getting Started

Create a directory housing our exemplar project files. Initialize a package.json file specifying dependency information:

{
"name": "inheritance-modules",
"version": "1.0.0",
"description": "",
"main": "index.js",
"scripts": {
"test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
},
"keywords": [],
"author": "",
"license": "ISC",
"dependencies": {
"@babel/core": "^7.14.6",
"@babel/preset-env": "^7.14.7",
"babel-loader": "^8.2.2",
"webpack": "^5.49.0",
"webpack-cli": "^4.8.0"
}
}

Initialize Webpack and Babel configurations for transpiling modern JavaScript features to backwards compatible…

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