Sequelize classMethods vs instanceMethods

All the method who don't modify or check any type of instance should be classMethod and the rest instanceMethod

ex:

// Should be a classMethodsfunction getMyFriends() {  return this.find({where{...}})}// Should be a instanceMethodsfunction checkMyName() {  return this.name === "george";}

Although the basics are that instance methods should be used when you want to modify your instance ( ergo row ). I would rather not pollute the classMethods with methods that don't use the class ( ergo the table ) itself.

In your example I would put hashPassword function outside your class and leave it as a helper function somewhere in my utilities module ( or why not the same module but as a normal defined function ) ... like

var hashPassword = function(...) { ... }......  instanceMethods: {      authenticate: function( ... ) { hashPassword( ... ) }  }

I found this worked for me as of sequelize 3.14

var myModel = sequelize.define('model', {}, {  classMethods: {    someClassMethod: function() {      return true;    }}, {  instanceMethods: {    callClassMethod: function() {      myModel.someClassMethod();    }  }});