From 563f9bcda0177749dc3afddb33ba3f9fa3efbf63 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rishi Tiwari <rishi@tricksumo.com>
Date: Sat, 9 May 2026 15:31:32 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] Update advanced-patterns.md

fix: update createClassSerdesWithDates example to use no-arg constructor
---
 .../steering/advanced-patterns.md             | 23 ++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/aws-lambda-durable-functions-power/steering/advanced-patterns.md b/aws-lambda-durable-functions-power/steering/advanced-patterns.md
index c0983ee..85e40ea 100644
--- a/aws-lambda-durable-functions-power/steering/advanced-patterns.md
+++ b/aws-lambda-durable-functions-power/steering/advanced-patterns.md
@@ -247,12 +247,9 @@ import {
 } from '@aws/durable-execution-sdk-js';
 
 class User {
-  constructor(
-    public name: string,
-    public email: string,
-    public createdAt: Date,
-    public updatedAt: Date
-  ) {}
+  id: string = '';
+  name: string = '';
+  createdAt: Date = new Date();
 }
 
 const result = await context.step(
@@ -275,19 +272,19 @@ console.log(result.createdAt instanceof Date); // true
 import { createClassSerdes } from '@aws/durable-execution-sdk-js';
 
 class Order {
-  constructor(
-    public id: string,
-    public items: OrderItem[],
-    public customer: Customer
-  ) {}
+  id: string = '';
+  items: OrderItem[] = [];
+  customer: Customer = new Customer();
 }
 
 class OrderItem {
-  constructor(public sku: string, public quantity: number) {}
+  sku: string = '';
+  quantity: number = 0;
 }
 
 class Customer {
-  constructor(public id: string, public name: string) {}
+  id: string = '';
+  name: string = '';
 }
 
 // Create serdes for each class

From 545c6559846e0c95400fbecd6178184a0215b44e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rishi Tiwari <rishi@tricksumo.com>
Date: Sat, 9 May 2026 15:34:08 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] Update advanced-patterns.md

fix: update createClassSerdesWithDates example to use no-arg constructor
---
 .../steering/advanced-patterns.md                              | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/aws-lambda-durable-functions-power/steering/advanced-patterns.md b/aws-lambda-durable-functions-power/steering/advanced-patterns.md
index 85e40ea..58468de 100644
--- a/aws-lambda-durable-functions-power/steering/advanced-patterns.md
+++ b/aws-lambda-durable-functions-power/steering/advanced-patterns.md
@@ -247,9 +247,10 @@ import {
 } from '@aws/durable-execution-sdk-js';
 
 class User {
-  id: string = '';
   name: string = '';
+  email: string = '';
   createdAt: Date = new Date();
+  updatedAt: Date = new Date();
 }
 
 const result = await context.step(

From 9bd38f16f92bb06b0f18803078fec34f60aca7b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rishi Tiwari <rishi008.tiwari@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 May 2026 10:28:02 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] use no-arg constructors

---
 .../steering/step-operations.md                           | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/aws-lambda-durable-functions-power/steering/step-operations.md b/aws-lambda-durable-functions-power/steering/step-operations.md
index f947677..6a7e326 100644
--- a/aws-lambda-durable-functions-power/steering/step-operations.md
+++ b/aws-lambda-durable-functions-power/steering/step-operations.md
@@ -236,7 +236,13 @@ const userSerdes = createClassSerdesWithDates(User, ['createdAt']);
 
 const user = await context.step(
   'fetch-user',
-  async () => new User('123', 'Alice', new Date()),
+  async () => {
+    const user = new User();
+    user.id = '123';
+    user.name = 'Alice';
+    user.createdAt = new Date();
+    return user;
+  },
   { serdes: userSerdes }
 );
 ```

From 88b639d2f6da662af57a95429562ca09c9f622f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rishi Tiwari <rishi008.tiwari@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 May 2026 10:29:00 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] use no-arg constructors

---
 .../steering/advanced-patterns.md             | 32 +++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/aws-lambda-durable-functions-power/steering/advanced-patterns.md b/aws-lambda-durable-functions-power/steering/advanced-patterns.md
index 58468de..578b2cb 100644
--- a/aws-lambda-durable-functions-power/steering/advanced-patterns.md
+++ b/aws-lambda-durable-functions-power/steering/advanced-patterns.md
@@ -255,7 +255,14 @@ class User {
 
 const result = await context.step(
   'create-user',
-  async () => new User('Alice', 'alice@example.com', new Date(), new Date()),
+  async () => {
+    const user = new User();
+    user.name = 'Alice';
+    user.email = 'alice@example.com';
+    user.createdAt = new Date();
+    user.updatedAt = new Date();
+    return user;
+  },
   {
     serdes: createClassSerdesWithDates(User, ['createdAt', 'updatedAt'])
   }
@@ -296,12 +303,23 @@ const customerSerdes = createClassSerdes(Customer);
 const result = await context.step(
   'process-order',
   async () => {
-    const customer = new Customer('CUST-123', 'Alice');
-    const items = [
-      new OrderItem('SKU-001', 2),
-      new OrderItem('SKU-002', 1)
-    ];
-    return new Order('ORD-456', items, customer);
+    const customer = new Customer();
+    customer.id = 'CUST-123';
+    customer.name = 'Alice';
+
+    const item1 = new OrderItem();
+    item1.sku = 'SKU-001';
+    item1.quantity = 2;
+
+    const item2 = new OrderItem();
+    item2.sku = 'SKU-002';
+    item2.quantity = 1;
+
+    const order = new Order();
+    order.id = 'ORD-456';
+    order.items = [item1, item2];
+    order.customer = customer;
+    return order;
   },
   { serdes: orderSerdes }
 );