# Mixins not documented at https://guides.emberjs.com

**URL:** <https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/mixins-not-documented-at-https-guides-emberjs-com/14129>\
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**Created:** [January 12, 2018, 11:43am UTC](https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/mixins-not-documented-at-https-guides-emberjs-com/14129 "2018-01-12T11:43:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![dknutsen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.emberjs.com/dknutsen/32/16471_2.png) [@dknutsen](https://discuss.emberjs.com/u/dknutsen)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 3:29pm UTC](https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/mixins-not-documented-at-https-guides-emberjs-com/14129/4 "2018-01-19T15:29:02Z")

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As for why they’re not documented I’m not really sure. As far as why they are discouraged by some people I think it mostly comes down to “they’re easy to abuse”. [This thread](https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/is-mixin-dead-yet/11768/7) may shed some more light.

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