Static variables in JavaScript

Question

How can I create static variables in Javascript?

Answer 1

In addition to the rest, there's currently a draft (stage-2 proposal) on ECMA Proposals that introduces static public fields in classes. (private fields were considered)

Using the example from the proposal, the proposed static syntax will look like this:

class CustomDate {
  // ...
  static epoch = new CustomDate(0);
}

and be equivalent to the following which others have highlighted:

class CustomDate {
  // ...
}
CustomDate.epoch = new CustomDate(0);

You can then access it via CustomDate.epoch.

You can keep track of the new proposal in proposal-static-class-features.

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Currently, babel supports this feature with the transform class properties plugin which you can use. Additionally, though still in progress, V8 is implementing it.