Class static properties

Question

In the new ES6 Class syntax it is not possible to do

class Person {
    this.type = 'person';

But if I define the property inside the contructor it works:

class Person {
    constructor(name) { //class constructor
        this.name = name;
        this.type = 'person';
    }

I know the possibility to have properties outside methods is being discussed but as of today and what relates to the ES6 specs it is not possible.

Is my solution a correct way to define static properties for the Class (for semantic reasons I defined those properties inside the constructor but it seems to work inside other methods)? Is there a better way?

I was looking at the spec in Method Defenition and found no information about this.

Answer 1

You can create static getter:

"use strict";

class Person {
  static get type() {
    return 'person'
  }
}

console.log(Person.type) // 'person'