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JavaScript React Basics (2018) Understanding State Create a Stateful Component

Josie Nagy
Josie Nagy
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Posted by Josie Nagy
Josie Nagy
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Extends and super keywords

Here's a video that explains using extends and super() and the connection between them:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwAU1wYeHiM

I found it by accident after trying to understand why we needed to use super() in our class.

3 Answers

Christian Fuchs
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Christian Fuchs
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Thank you! Great Video :)

Allan Oloo
Allan Oloo
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Allan Oloo
Allan Oloo
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So pretty much we need to have super in order to access properties and functions from the parent class we are inheriting from?