unexpected token = for class properties in node 8.4

Question

running the following code in node (v8.4)

class TodoStore {
    todos = [];

    get completedTodosCount() {
        return this.todos.filter(
            to         


        

Answer 1

Instance class fields will be supported as of Node v12, so one solution is to use a version >= 12 once it is released.

https://node.green/#ESNEXT-candidate--stage-3--instance-class-fields

For now if you're interested the nightly builds are at: https://nodejs.org/download/nightly/

Answer 2

Update
Support for instance class fields starts with node >= 12.

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Literal class properties are not supported by any version of node, according to this table. You'll still have to set any instance properties inside your class constructor:

class TodoStore {

    constructor() {
        this.todos = [];
    }
    // ...
}

If you wish to define a static property, you'd assign that directly to the TodoStore reference, after the class has been declared:

TodoStore.todos = [];