ES6 class variable alternatives

Question

Currently in ES5 many of us are using the following pattern in frameworks to create classes and class variables, which is comfy:

Answer 1

You can mimic es6 classes behaviour... and use your class variables :)

Look mum... no classes!

// Helper
const $constructor = Symbol();
const $extends = (parent, child) =>
  Object.assign(Object.create(parent), child);
const $new = (object, ...args) => {
  let instance = Object.create(object);
  instance[$constructor].call(instance, ...args);
  return instance;
}
const $super = (parent, context, ...args) => {
  parent[$constructor].call(context, ...args)
}
// class
var Foo = {
  classVariable: true,

  // constructor
  [$constructor](who){
    this.me = who;
    this.species = 'fufel';
  },

  // methods
  identify(){
    return 'I am ' + this.me;
  }
}

// class extends Foo
var Bar = $extends(Foo, {

  // constructor
  [$constructor](who){
    $super(Foo, this, who);
    this.subtype = 'barashek';
  },

  // methods
  speak(){
    console.log('Hello, ' + this.identify());
  },
  bark(num){
    console.log('Woof');
  }
});

var a1 = $new(Foo, 'a1');
var b1 = $new(Bar, 'b1');
console.log(a1, b1);
console.log('b1.classVariable', b1.classVariable);

I put it on GitHub

Answer 2

ES7 class member syntax:

ES7 has a solution for 'junking' your constructor function. Here is an example:

class Car {
  
  wheels = 4;
  weight = 100;

}

const car = new Car();
console.log(car.wheels, car.weight);

The above example would look the following in ES6:

class Car {

  constructor() {
    this.wheels = 4;
    this.weight = 100;
  }

}

const car = new Car();
console.log(car.wheels, car.weight);

Be aware when using this that this syntax might not be supported by all browsers and might have to be transpiled an earlier version of JS.

Bonus: an object factory:

function generateCar(wheels, weight) {

  class Car {

    constructor() {}

    wheels = wheels;
    weight = weight;

  }

  return new Car();

}


const car1 = generateCar(4, 50);
const car2 = generateCar(6, 100);

console.log(car1.wheels, car1.weight);
console.log(car2.wheels, car2.weight);

Answer 3

Well, you can declare variables inside the Constructor.

class Foo {
    constructor() {
        var name = "foo"
        this.method = function() {
            return name
        }
    }
}

var foo = new Foo()

foo.method()