not-awesome-es6-classes

Class syntax critique

A collection of resources and articles about why JavaScript's class syntax is not the best approach

A curated list of resources on why ES6 (aka ES2015) classes are NOT awesome

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Not Awesome: ES6 Classes / TLDR
classical inheritance			JavaScript is a class-free, object-oriented, & functional programming language. It eschews in favor of
Composition in Golang			While prototypal inheritance is very powerful in its own right, there is a growing movement among developers, both within and outside of the JS community (Ex: ), to shift away from inheritance in favor of object composition
Not Awesome: ES6 Classes / Reading
Common Misconceptions About Inheritance in JavaScript
Composition over Inheritance
Delegation vs Inheritance in JavaScript
Factory functions in JavaScript
How to Fix the ES6 class keyword
Introducing the Stamp Specification -- Move Over, class: Composable Factory Functions Are Here
Javascript OO Without Constructors
The Two Pillars of JavaScript -- Part 1: How to Escape the 7th Circle of Hell
Think twice about ES6 classes
Not Awesome: ES6 Classes / Videos
Ashley Williams: If you wish to learn ES6/2015 from scratch, you must first invent the universe
Composition over inheritance
Douglas Crockford: The Better Parts - JSConfUY 2014
Factory Functions in JavaScript
Fluent 2013 - Eric Elliott, "Classical Inheritance is Obsolete: How to Think in Prototypal OO"
Nordic.js 2014 • Douglas Crockford - The Better Parts
Source Decoded 3: Javascript -- Prototypes, Prototypal Inheritance done right.
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