minion

MinionJS - Classical Inheritance for JavaScript

A micro-framework that provides classical inheritance for JavaScript. Easily namespace, create and extend classes.

It is only 3.6 kb minified and gzipped!

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Defining a Class:

minion.define("example", {
  
    Example : minion.extend("minion.Class", {

        exampleVar1: 1,
        exampleVar2: 2,

        init: function(){
      
        },

        doSomething : function(something){
            //do something with something
        }
    })
    
});

Using a Class:

minion.require("example.Example", function(Example) {

    var instance = new Example();
    instance.doSomething();
  
});

Features:

• Classical inheritance in JavaScript
• Robust publish/subscribe implementation
• Dependency management
• Build tool for easy deployment
• super() method support
• Micro-sized. 3.6 kb minfied + gzipped.
• Fully ECMAScript 5 Strict Mode compliant.
• Unit tests included.

Currently Supported:

• Node.js
• IE 6+
• Safari 3+
• Opera 9+
• Chrome 9+
• iOS
• Android

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License

(c) 2011 Taka Kojima (the "Author").
All Rights Reserved.

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