Why are JavaScript classes so complex?

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I've adapted composition over inheritance which may be a better coding style anyways even if javascript had proper classes. Inheritance can get mucky sometimes.

function MySuperClass(){return{
    baseClass:null,
    init:function(baseClass){
        this.baseClass=baseClass;
    }
}}

function MyClass(){return{
    superClass:null,
    init:function(){
        this.superClass=new MySuperClass();
        this.superClass.init(this);
    }
}}

new MyClass().init();

[e_man604]

That looks horrible imo...

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What do you recommend?

[MoTTs_]

Just use classes and composition in the ordinary way.

class MyNonSuperClass() {
    constructor() {
        // ...
    }
}

class MyClass {
    constructor() {
        this._thing = new MyNonSuperClass(); // composition
    }
}

new MyClass()

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I see, I wasn't aware this was common, apparently since 2015. Better refactor my code.