[matharmin]

Prototypical inheritance may seem simpler at first glance. But understanding how to use it correctly can be extremely difficult, even for experienced JavaScript developers, mostly because there are so many different ways to achieve almost the same thing, but with subtle differences. For example, you can reuse a single object instance as a prototype for multiple others. Or you can create a new instance of the prototype for each instance of the child. The two are similar, but affect e.g. whether or not properties in the prototype are shared or unique.

In the past I've eventually resorted to copy and paste the same template every time I wanted to use inheritance with prototypes. With classes, I never have to think about these problems anymore. There is one way to define a class, and it always works like I expect it to.