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Prior to ES6, classes never existed in JavaScript, but from the early days, many patterns have existed to emulate classical class-oriented development. The concept of classes was teased in various different forms, primarily due to the fact that classes and classical inheritance could not be supported inside JavaScript in a clean straightforward way. A class in ES6 is simply a function under the hood. It is nothing more than syntactical sugar over Objects and Prototypes, offering a convenient declarative form for class patterns that encourage interoperability.
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© 2017 Deepak Grover and Hanu Kunduru
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Grover, D., Kunduru, H.P. (2017). Classes in ES6. In: ES6 for Humans. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-2623-0_4
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