Babel transpiled code does not support static methods in IE11 - internet-explorer-11

Babel transpiled js works fine, but on IE11 the static inheritance seems not to work. Any idea?
class SuperClass {
constructor () {}
static test () {}
}
class Sub extends SuperClass {
constructor () {
super();
}
}
Sub.test(); //Results in: "Object doesn't support property or method 'test'

It seems that Babel does not handle the case, in fact in the inherits helper, if the Object.setPrototypeOf method is undefined, Babel simply attaches the super class to the __proto__ key.
I have managed this issue including this polyfill/workaround at the. At the moment, it seems to work fine, until the Babel team won't fix this behavior.

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Nuxt class-based services architecture (register globally; vs manual import)

In my Nuxt app I'm registering app services in a plugin file (e.g. /plugins/services.js) like this...
import FeatureOneService from '#/services/feature-one-service.js'
import FeatureTwoService from '#/services/feature-two-service.js'
import FeatureThreeService from '#/services/feature-three-service.js'
import FeatureFourService from '#/services/feature-four-service.js'
import FeatureFiveService from '#/services/feature-five-service.js'
export default (ctx, inject) => {
inject('feature1', new FeatureOneService(ctx))
inject('feature2', new FeatureTwoService(ctx))
inject('feature3', new FeatureThreeService(ctx))
inject('feature4', new FeatureFourService(ctx))
inject('feature5', new FeatureFiveService(ctx))
}
After doing this I can access any of my service on vue instance like this.$feature1.someMethod()
It works but I've once concern, that is, this approach loads all services globally. So whatever page the user visits all these services must be loaded.
Now I've 20+ such services in my app and this does not seem optimal approach to me.
The other approach I was wondering is to export a singleton instance within each service class and import this class instance in any component which needs that service.
So basically in my service class (e.g. feature-one-service.js) I would do like to do it like this..
export default new FeatureOneService() <---- I'm not sure how to pass nuxt instance in a .js file?
and import it my component where it is required like so...
import FeatureOneService from '#/services/feature-one-service.js'
What approach do you think is most feasible? if its the second one, then how to pass nuxt instance to my singleton class?
Yep, loading everything globally is not optimal in terms of performance.
You will need to either try to use JS files and pass down the Vue instance there.
Or use mixins, this is not optimal but it is pretty much the only solution in terms of reusability with Vue2.
Vue3 (composition API) brings composables, which is a far better approach regarding reusability (thing React hooks).
I've been struggling a lot with it and the only solution is probably to inject services to the global Vue instance at the component/page level during the initialisation (in created hook), another option is to do that in the middleware (or anywhere else where you have access to the nuxt context. Otherwise you won't be able to pass nuxt context to the service.
I usually set up services as classes, call them where necessary, and pass in the properties of the context which the class depends on as constructor arguments.
So for example, a basic MeiliSearchService class might look like:
export class MeilisearchService {
#client: MeiliSearch
constructor($config: NuxtRuntimeConfig) {
super()
this.#client = new MeiliSearch({
host: $config.services.meilisearch.host,
apiKey: $config.services.meilisearch.key
})
}
...
someMethod() {
let doSomething = this.#client.method()
...
}
...
}
Then wherever you need to use the service, just new up an instance (passing in whatever it needs) and make it available to the component.
data() {
const meiliSearchService = new MeiliSearchService(this.$config)
return {
meiliSearchService,
results,
...
}
},
methods: {
search(query) {
...
this.results = this.meiliSearchService.search(query)
...
}
}
As I'm sure you know, some context properties are only available in certain Nuxt life-cycle hooks. I find most of what I need is available everywhere, including $config, store, $route, $router etc.
Don't forget about Vue's reactivity when using this approach. For example, using a getter method on your service class will return the most recent value only when explicitly called. You can't, for example, stick the getter method in a computed() property and expect reactivty.
<div v-for='result in latestSearchResults'>
...
</div>
...
computed: {
latestSearchResults() {
return this.#client.getLatestResults()
}
}
Instead, call the method like:
methods: {
getLatestResults() {
return this.#client.getLatestResults()
}
}

How to mock vuex functions with no direct access?

So I have run into quite a test problem.
To Summarize:
A while back I created a private npm Module, that manages and create a vuex store and injects it as a module into the main vuex store.
Now I want to mock a specific function of that vuex module in my test but that doesn't work.
I tried this:
store.getters.getSomething = jest.fn(() => "stuff);
But that results in this error:
TypeError: Cannot set property getSomething of #<Object> which has only a getter
Now did a little digging, and I here you can see where this getter comes from:
First there is a simple vuex module definition:
//vuexModule this is not accessible outside of the npm module
getters:{
getSomething: (state)=>{ return "stuff"}
}
export { getters }
Now this is imported into this class:
//storeProvider //this is exposed by the npm package
import vuexModule from "./vuexModule";
export default class StoreProvider {
constructor(vuexStore, vuexModuleName = "someStore") {
this.vuexStore = vuexStore;
this.vuexStore.registerModule(vuexModuleName, VuexConfigStore);
}
So this class will generate a vuex module using the previously defined module.
Now the whole thing is added to the main vuex store in the actual application.
Note: this code is now the actual application and not in the npm package.
import StoreProvider from "someNpmModule";
import mainStore from "vuexPlugin";
const storeProvider = new StoreProvider(store);
//later in main:
new Vue({ mainStore })
So the question is: How can I mock getSomething?
I know the code is quite abstracted, but I can't show all the code, and its probably too much for stackoverflow.
The main point is, that I can just import the getter and mock it like this:
import {getSomething} from "...";
getSomething = jest.fn(() => "stuff);
//Or this:
store.getters.getSomething = jest.fn(() => "stuff);
I found this stackoverflow question: TypeError during Jest's spyOn: Cannot set property getRequest of #<Object> which has only a getter
But as the npm package is rather big I can't just mock the whole package for the unit tests, as it provides some necessary pre-conditions. I tried genMockFromModule(), but I still need to target this specific function.
And as mentioned I can't simply import the function.
Any ideas?

Babel/ES6 extended class methods undefined

Currently I'm using Babel to write a Node.js backend in ES6. Unfortunately I encountered a strange behaviour when extending a specific class. Some of my methods, defined in the extending class, are undefined. Unless I use the ES7 syntax to bind them to a property.
This is the actual code that gives me this strange behaviour:
import { Router } from 'express';
class MyCustomRouter extends Router
{
constructor() {
super();
this.methodWorks(); // works like a charm.
this.methodDoesnt(); // throws TypeError: _this.methodDoesnt is not a function
}
methodWorks = () => {
// some content
}
methodDoesnt() {
// some content
}
}
This is actually extends the Router from the expressjs library. So right now I'm just curious if someone could explain this behaviour and/or if there is a way to fix this.
I went looking inside the code of ExpressJS itself to find some explanation. Apparently they like to return a whole new and different context from the Router's constructor. Which explains why this is totally different and not containing my methods...

Navigating through Typescript references in Webstorm using ES6 module syntax

We are using Typescript with Intellij Webstorm IDE.
The situation is we use ES6 import syntax and tsc compiler 1.5.3 (set as custom compiler in Webstorm also with flag --module commonjs)
The problem is it is imposible to click through (navigate to) method from module (file)
// app.ts
import * as myModule from 'myModule';
myModule.myFunction();
// myModule.ts
export function myFunction() {
// implementation
}
When I click on .myFunction() in app.ts I expect to navigate to myModule.ts file but this doesn't happen?
EDIT:
The way we exported functionality was bit different as in first example:
export: {
myFunction1,
myFunction2,
// ...
};
When I click on .myFunction() in app.ts I expect to navigate to myModule.ts file but this doesn't happen
This is working fine in the current WebStorm release.
I found out the problem, my example in question was simplified too much. In real code we are using:
export: {
myFunction1,
myFunction2
// ...
};
and this really doesn't work.
I have to change it to:
export function myFunction1() { /* impl */ }
export function myFunction2() { /* impl */ }
then it works.

How do you test dependency injection in angular?

I use typescript and angular.
So for example in controllers I have notation
a)
export function Controller($scope: Scope) {}
(<any>Controller).$inject = ['$scope'];
b)
export class Controller {
constructor(private $scope) {}
}
App.directive('someCoolDirective', function() {
return {
restrict: 'E',
etc...
controller: <any[]>['$scope', SomeCoolDirective.Controller],
etc...
};
});
c)
App.directive('someDirectives', <any[]>[ '$parse', '$rootScope', '$compile', 'userPermissions', function($parse, $rootScope, $compile, userPermissions) { }
d)
services...
As you see there are different ways of specifing dependencies for DI after minification.
But we are only humans, I tend to forget (Controller).$inject, or I add some dependency and forgot to add in array. If I don't specify it, it works, till minification. Than it is pain in the neck to find it out. Sometimes there is even no error in browser console.
Do you know some tool, that checks all controllers,services, directives and verifies that there is correct $inject ['$scope',... etc.] notation? That it matches all required dependencies? I want to automate in on out build server.
Why don't you hack the Typescript compiler and do it yourself? Then publish it somewhere (e.g. Github) so that it's usable for poor people like me ;)