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A JavaScript class is a syntactical superstructure in top of the language's existing prototype-based inheritance, and it does not introduce a new object-oriented inheritance model in JavaScript. A class is a special [[JavaScript_Functions|function]], so like in the functions' case, a class syntax has two components: [[#Declaration|declarations]] and [[#Class_Expressions|expressions]]. | A JavaScript class is a syntactical superstructure in top of the language's existing prototype-based inheritance, and it does not introduce a new object-oriented inheritance model in JavaScript. A class is a special [[JavaScript_Functions|function]], so like in the functions' case, a class syntax has two components: [[#Declaration|declarations]] and [[#Class_Expressions|expressions]]. An important difference between function declaration and class declaration is that function declaration and [[JavaScript Hoisting|hoisted]], while the class declarations are not: you first need to declare the class and then access it, otherwise a ReferenceError is thrown. | ||
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Revision as of 22:50, 21 January 2020
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Overview
A JavaScript class is a syntactical superstructure in top of the language's existing prototype-based inheritance, and it does not introduce a new object-oriented inheritance model in JavaScript. A class is a special function, so like in the functions' case, a class syntax has two components: declarations and expressions. An important difference between function declaration and class declaration is that function declaration and hoisted, while the class declarations are not: you first need to declare the class and then access it, otherwise a ReferenceError is thrown.
Declaration
Use the class
keyword:
class Simplest {
constructor(content) {
this.content = content;
}
}