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How to create Factory Functions instead of using Classes

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Instead of classes, I want to use factory functions.

Original code with classes:

export class MyProject {
    constructor(title, description, dueDate, priority) {
        this.title = title;
        this.description = description;
        this.dueDate = dueDate;
        this.priority = priority;
        this.todos = [];
        this.projectIndex = null;

        this.expandContent = () => expandContent(this);
        this.deleteCard = () => deleteCard(this);
        this.addTodo = (todoText) => {
            this.todos.push(todoText);
            this.expandContent();
        };
    }
}

I tried using factory functions:

export const MyProject = (title, description, dueDate, priority) => {
    let todos = [];
    let projectIndex = null;

    const expandContent = () => expandContent(this);
    const deleteCard = () => deleteCard(this);
    const addTodo = (todoText) => {
        todos.push(todoText);
        expandContent();
    }

    return {title, description, dueDate, priority, todos, projectIndex, expandContent, deleteCard, addTodo}
};

I've acknowledged, that this is not necessary in factories, I'm not really sure how not to use them in expandContent and deleteCard functions

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When using `class` syntax, you should use it's method syntax as well (1 comment)
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When using `class` syntax, you should use it's method syntax as well
Derek Elkins‭ wrote about 2 months ago

Your first code example isn't really idiomatic modern JavaScript. With the class syntax, you can and should declare methods separately from the constructor rather than mutating this to add fields that happen to be functions. So you should have:

export class MyProject {
  constructor(...) { ...; /* without assignments to `addTodo` etc. */ }
  addTodo(todo) { ...; }
  //etc.
}

Conceptually, there's a difference between "C is a class that has a field foo that happens to be a function" and "C is a class with a method foo". This conceptual distinction is reflected in technical distinctions as well (and performance differences). Each instance of the class MyProject would have its own copies of the functions, whereas if you'd used the syntax I illustrate above, they'd be shared. Relatedly, subclasses would need to overwrite the field in their constructors to change it, rather than override it with a new method.