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Public class fields

Category

JavaScript

Type

New or changed feature

Status

Enabled by default (Chrome 72)

Intent stage

None

Summary

This feature introduces public fields to classes in ECMAScript. class MyClass { instanceProperty = 0; static staticProperty = 0; }

Standards & signals

• Specification: https://tc39.es/proposal-class-fields/
• Firefox: In development
• Safari: In development
• Web developers: Positive
• Tracking bug: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/v8/issues/detail?id=5367

Docs: https://v8.dev/features/class-fields#public-class-fields https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/12/class-fields http://2ality.com/2017/07/class-fields.html https://github.com/tc39/proposal-class-fields/blob/master/README.md

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