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A hidden gem of Dojo.declare - overcoming the limits of multiple inheritance

One of the greatest things of dojo.declare is that it simulates one of the core elements of OO - inheritance. Moreover, it allows having several parents to the same object.

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dojo.declare secrets

A very short tuesday morning cookie for the ones who have been starving ;)

When using dojo.declare to build your own fancy widget there is one thing (besides others) you should keep in mind:
Arrays and objects as member variables are stored as references and not copies.
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What is a _Widget

There has never been a more generic term than “widget”. As a teen in economics class our theoretical compaines sold widgets, and almost anything on earth without description falls into a “thinger” category … I’m here to give API stability to the word “widget”, and poke around the idea of “template” in Dojo. I will call it Dijit.

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