What is the modern way to structure a “class” in JavaScript? [closed]

Answer 1

By using an anonymous self-executing function, you can allow for public and private attributes/methods.

This is the pattern I like the most:

(function ($, MyObject, undefined) {

    MyObject.publicFunction = function () {
        console.log("Public function");
    };

    var privateFunction = function () {
        console.log("Private function");
    };    

    var privateNumber = 0;
    MyObject.sayStuff = function () {
        this.publicFunction();
        privateFunction();
        privateNumber++;
        console.log(privateNumber);
    };  


    // You can even nest the namespaces
    MyObject.nestedNamespace = MyObject.nestedNamespace || {};
    MyObject.nestedNamespace.logNestedMessage = function () {
        console.log("Nested namespace function");
    };

}(jQuery, window.MyObject = window.MyObject || {}));

MyObject.sayStuff();
MyObject.sayStuff();
MyObject.nestedNamespace.logNestedMessage();
MyObject.publicFunction();

Learned about it from the comments here and this article.