Discussion on: Hiding details in JavaScript classes with symbols

[JavaScript Joel]

I am not a fan of classes in JavaScript. As a matter of fact, I never create code with classes. I have found that functions will serve the same purpose. I prefer using the revealing module pattern over JavaScript classes.

Here's an example:

const createPerson = (firstName) => {
  var s_firstname = firstName

  const log = () =>
    console.log('I am', s_firstname)
  const setName = firstName =>
    (s_firstname = firstName)

  return {
    log,
    setName
  }
}

const me = createPerson('unknown')
me.setName('Joel')
me.log()

I added a setName function to demonstrate how to set the private var s_firstname.

[Oliver Mensah]

That's cool