kid

Inheritance for Javascript. Cleanly sets a usable prototype chain. Code closely mirrors and was based off of Backbone.extend. Packaged to be used in various environments (AMD, COMMON, UMD, STANDALONE).

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Install

with NPM

$ npm install kid

or with Bower

bower install kid

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API

kid(Parent, child)

Create a a new object whos prototype chain includes the specified parent element. The constructor of the child element will be the same as the parents (called with correct context), unless passed in as a property of the child object.

Parameters

• *Parent: Object -- Object to "inherit" from.
• *child: Object -- Object containing the methods/properties to add new objects prototype. This essentially is an object representing your new class...

Example:

var Parent = kid(Object, {
  constructor: function (name) {
    this.name = name
  }
});

var Child = kid(Object, {
  sayHi: function () {
    console.log('Hi ' + this.name + '!');
  }
});

var john = new Child('john');
john.sayHi();
// >> Hi john!

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TESTS

Local

Install Dependencies

npm install

bower install

Run/View

grunt test-local

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License

The MIT License (MIT) Copyright (c) 2014 Jarid Margolin

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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