A simple custom Node.js error

simple-node-es5-error.js

/**
 * A custom MyError
 * @param {String} message a message to store in error
 * @constructor
 */
function MyError(message) {
    this.constructor.prototype.__proto__ = Error.prototype;
    // properly capture stack trace in Node.js
    Error.captureStackTrace(this, this.constructor);
    this.name = this.constructor.name;
    this.message = message;
}

// to test use:
throw new MyError('test');
//MyError: test