Whats the equivalent of ES6 methods(class) in es5?

Question

How would we polyfill es6 class methods into ES5?

I am reading a book and it says the following:

class Ninja {
    constructor(name) {
        this.name = name;
    }

    swingSword() {
        return true;
    }
}

is the same as

function Ninja(name) {
    this.name = name;
} 

Ninja.prototype.swingSword = function() {
    return true;
};

I am just asking why are we adding the swingSword on the prototype and not inside the constructor function?

Because the function should be on the object and not on the prototype chain.

Am i right or wrong?

Answer 1

It should be on the prototype, methods are not per-instance data. Can't think of any language that implements it that way, the whole idea of classes is to have a whole class of objects that have the same set of methods.

If it was put it inside the constructor function, it would be a unique function per instance made with the constructor. e.g, 1000 objects == 1000 functions, per "method".