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πŸ”₯ Discussion πŸ”₯ ES6 Classes. Good or Evil? (programming.dev)
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Hello, everyone πŸ‘‹. I am a newcomer when it comes to JavaScript. I come from an OOP background (C# and Java). I've recently learned that ES6 has a class keyword that preforms similarly (but not exactly) to common OOP languages. Normally I would be inclined to use this feature in my projects; however, it came to my attention that the usage of class in JavaScript seems to be heavily discussed (mostly in a negative light). My questions to this community are:

  • Should it be used often, sparingly, or be outright avoided?
  • What are its advantages and disadvantages?
  • Are there specific cases where the usage of class excels?

Please share your thoughts.

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[–] [S] 1 point 3 years ago

This is an excellent take! πŸ‘

That said you should strive to use both functions and classes. If you can simplify your functions to allow mostly any primitive input, that’s great. It can be reused many times throughout your code. But if you have certain operations that only work with one type, then don’t be afraid to use a class

This advice looks sound. I'll definitely take it into consideration.

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