Lesson 27. Classes
After reading lesson 27, you will
- Understand the syntax for defining classes
- Know how to instantiate classes and how to use constructor functions
- Know how to export classes from modules
- Understand that class methods are not bound
- Know how to assign class and static properties
Classes are little more than syntactic sugar for declaring a constructor function and setting its prototype. Even with the introduction of classes, JavaScript isn’t statically or strongly typed. It remains a dynamically and weakly typed language. However, classes do create a simple self-contained syntax for defining constructors with prototypes. The main advantage over constructors, though, besides syntax, is when extending classes, which we’ll get ...
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