Simplest/Cleanest way to implement singleton in JavaScript?

Question

What is the simplest/cleanest way to implement singleton pattern in JavaScript?

Answer 1

In ES6 the right way to do this is:

class MyClass {
  constructor() {
    if (MyClass._instance) {
      throw new Error("Singleton classes can't be instantiated more than once.")
    }
    MyClass._instance = this;

    // ... your rest of the constructor code goes after this
  }
}

var instanceOne = new MyClass() // Executes succesfully 
var instanceTwo = new MyClass() // Throws error

Or, if you don't want an error to be thrown on second instance creation, you can just return the last instance, like so:

class MyClass {
  constructor() {
    if (MyClass._instance) {
      return MyClass._instance
    }
    MyClass._instance = this;

    // ... your rest of the constructor code goes after this
  }
}

var instanceOne = new MyClass()
var instanceTwo = new MyClass()

console.log(instanceOne === instanceTwo) // logs "true"