How to inherit from the EventEmitter class with Node.js?

To inherit from the EventEmitter class with Node.js, we use the extends keyword.

For instance, we write

const EventEmitter = require("events");

class MyEmitter extends EventEmitter {
  // ...
}

const myEmitter = new MyEmitter();
myEmitter.on("event", () => {
  console.log("an event occurred!");
});
myEmitter.emit("event");

to create the MyEmitter class that inherits from the EventEmitter class.

We add our own methods inside the class.

Then we create a new instance of MyEmitter with new.

We call on to listen to the 'event' event.

And we call emit to emit the 'event' event.