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Classes (ES6)

Category

JavaScript

Type

New or changed feature

Status

Enabled by default (Chrome 42)

Intent stage

None

Summary

Language support for classes. In 42, shipped in strict mode. In 49, shipped outside of strict mode as well.

Standards & signals

• Specification: http://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/6.0/#sec-class-definitions
• Firefox: In development
• Safari: In development
• Web developers: Positive
• Tracking bug: https://code.google.com/p/v8/issues/detail?id=3330

Docs: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Classes

Samples: https://github.com/GoogleChrome/samples/tree/gh-pages/classes-es6

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