ES6 Classes: General language/structure touch-up #28947
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At this point in time, the good/bad controversies aren't so prevalent given it's now been 9 years since ES6 release. Many of the resources around criticising or analysing pros/cons of class syntax appear to be within a year or two of ES6 release, and before additional features were added, like private properties. This content has led to several doubts about whether it's worth learning class syntax and whether it's "bad and shouldn't be used", despite it now being somewhat commonplace.
Removed mixins - common pain point as it goes a lot deeper than necessary at this point
More relevant topics in that lesson as opposed to class syntax.
To match assignment structure
Less focus on "using classes might not be good" and more focus on how the underlying mechanics are still the same prototypal inheritance with different syntax.
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Original intention was to reduce external doc assignments and have more in-house content, but given the lesson's focus should mostly be on new syntax, that felt too close to just reproducing documentation. A less dramatic approach felt more effective here - we can always revisit if we notice new patterns of pain points in the community. |
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It's not too uncommon that I find people in the community expressing frustration at the complexity of the documentation in the ES6 classes lesson, despite the intro saying there's not much extra to learn. The current verbiage has also led many to question if classes are "bad" and wonder if they shouldn't be used at all/shouldn't learn about them if they're "so controversial". This may have been more relevant around ES6 release but now they're far more common and with more features added since.
It would be beneficial to rephrase some of those parts of the lesson, while also rethinking some of the assignments to try and narrow the focus on "new syntax for concepts you already know about", with extra focus on "no need to dig too deep right now either".
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