StevenLangbroek

/**
 * So, obviously this is by no means a "new trick",
 * but encapsulation in classes works the same as
 * it does in "Modules" (IIFE pattern): You hide them
 * in a scope, and define the methods that need access
 * to them within that same scope. The constructor is
 * as good a place as any for that.
*/

import _ from 'underscore';

ewinslow

Introduction

ES6 classes are happening, and there's no way the syntax is going to change radically just for me this late in the game, but I still figure what the heck. Maybe I can write a language someday that has this feature. Or maybe I'm wrong and the feature can change with enough motivation...

Background

The main premise of the currently accepted syntax is to be simple sugar over the prototype style of class definitions:

function Foo() {