Static variables in JavaScript

Question

How can I create static variables in Javascript?

Answer 1

About the class introduced by ECMAScript 2015. The other answers are not totally clear.

Here is an example showing how to create a static var staticVar with the ClassName.var synthax:

class MyClass {
    constructor(val) {
        this.instanceVar = val;
        MyClass.staticVar = 10;
    }
}

var class1 = new MyClass(1);
console.log(class1.instanceVar);      // 1
console.log(class1.constructor.staticVar); // 10

// New instance of MyClass with another value
var class2 = new MyClass(3);
console.log(class1.instanceVar);      // 1
console.log(class2.instanceVar);      // 3

To access the static variable we use the .constructor property that returns a reference to the object constructor function that created the class. We can call it on the two created instances:

MyClass.staticVar = 11;
console.log(class1.constructor.staticVar); // 11
console.log(class2.constructor.staticVar); // 11 <-- yes it's static! :)

MyClass.staticVar = 12;
console.log(class1.constructor.staticVar); // 12
console.log(class2.constructor.staticVar); // 12