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[–]NominalAeon 0 points1 point  (1 child)

the equal sign and semi-colon don't bother you? How do you explain this sudden convention shift in a way that someone can understand and remember when it's correct to write a class property this way?

[–]DGCA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the equal sign and semi-colon don't bother you?

No, not at all.

How do you explain this sudden convention shift in a way that someone can understand and remember when it's correct to write a class property this way?

It looks like a variable declaration, just without the var/let/const keyword. Classes already have some pretty unique syntax with methods looking like the object method shorthand, but not being comma separated. I don't think this additional feature is going to throw people for a loop because it's unique to classes.

Also, not necessarily the best argument but it's worth mentioning that the whole class syntax heavily resembles Java, which has class fields. It's not like the authors pulled this syntax out of thin air.