Child class is a class that inherits from another class, known as the parent or base class. It's like a trust fund kid that gets all the perks and privileges of their parents, but can still define their own unique identity.

How to use it in a sentence

• I was debugging this child class that was supposed to override the parent's methods, but instead it just kept calling the parent's methods like a kid asking their parents for more allowance money.

• The child class was throwing a tantrum and refusing to compile, so I had to go in and give it a timeout by fixing the inheritance hierarchy and making sure it was playing nicely with its parent class.

If you actually want to learn more...

• Object Mother: Learn how to use the Object Mother pattern to create reusable test fixtures, kind of like a child class that provides canned objects for testing.

• Level Hooks: Dive into the complications of using 'call super' in multi-level frameworks, where child classes need to carefully consider how they interact with their parent's methods.

• Data Analytics: Explore a wealth of articles on various software development topics, from child classes to data analytics, and everything in between. It's like a buffet of nerdiness.

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