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🔥 Discussion 🔥 ES6 Classes. Good or Evil? (programming.dev)
submitted 2 years ago by DonjonMaister to c/programming
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Hello, everyone 👋. I am a newcomer when it comes to JavaScript. I come from an OOP background (C# and Java). I've recently learned that ES6 has a class keyword that preforms similarly (but not exactly) to common OOP languages. Normally I would be inclined to use this feature in my projects; however, it came to my attention that the usage of class in JavaScript seems to be heavily discussed (mostly in a negative light). My questions to this community are:

  • Should it be used often, sparingly, or be outright avoided?
  • What are its advantages and disadvantages?
  • Are there specific cases where the usage of class excels?

Please share your thoughts.

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[–] DonjonMaister 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don’t like/use the class keyword in JS, because I quite like the paradigm with prototypes & stuff, and that keyword tries to make it fit into a totally different paradigm, which doesn’t really work IMHO.

I've read somewhere that Javascript is more of a prototype-oriented language rather than an object-oriented one. Do you agree with this?

BTW, I’ve developed a few strats to have my own style in TS that I like quite a lot. I can tell more if you’re interested.

Thank you! But maybe not right now; I'm still learning the basics. Have you considered write an article about it? 😮

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

JavaScript is a prototype-based language. The class keyword uses prototypes.