diff --git a/examples/api-basic-auth-middleware/basic-auth.w b/examples/api-basic-auth-middleware/basic-auth.w
index a0c48ba..11a0121 100644
--- a/examples/api-basic-auth-middleware/basic-auth.w
+++ b/examples/api-basic-auth-middleware/basic-auth.w
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ bring cloud;
 pub class Utils {
   extern "./utils.js" pub static inflight base64decode(value: str): str;
   extern "./utils.js" pub static inflight base64encode(value: str): str;
-  init() { }
 }
 
 pub struct Credentials {
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ pub class BasicAuth {
   user: str;
   password: str;
 
-  init(user: str?, password: str?) {
+  new(user: str?, password: str?) {
     this.user = user ?? "admin";
     this.password = password ?? "admin";
   }
diff --git a/examples/api-basic-auth/main.w b/examples/api-basic-auth/main.w
index d04ef80..8d46266 100644
--- a/examples/api-basic-auth/main.w
+++ b/examples/api-basic-auth/main.w
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class BasicAuth {
   user: str;
   password: str;
 
-  init(user: str?, password: str?) {
+  new(user: str?, password: str?) {
     this.user = user ?? "admin";
     this.password = password ?? "admin";
   }
@@ -111,6 +111,6 @@ test "authenticated" {
       Authorization: "Basic " + util.base64Encode("admin:admin")
     }
   });
-  
+
   expect.equal(response.status, 200);
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/api-counter-ssr/main.w b/examples/api-counter-ssr/main.w
index 6f47d3a..4de3804 100644
--- a/examples/api-counter-ssr/main.w
+++ b/examples/api-counter-ssr/main.w
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ class Utils {
   // This is a workaround for the pending fs module
   // https://github.com/winglang/wing/issues/3096
   extern "./utils.js" pub static readFile(filePath: str): str;
-  init() { }
 }
 
 let templates = new cloud.Bucket();
diff --git a/examples/multiplayer-videogame/main.w b/examples/multiplayer-videogame/main.w
index c58bb03..1c5642c 100644
--- a/examples/multiplayer-videogame/main.w
+++ b/examples/multiplayer-videogame/main.w
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ let website = new cloud.Website(path: "./front-end");
 class Utils {
     extern "./socket_utils.js" pub static inflight RunWebSocketServer(port:num);
     extern "./socket_utils.js" pub static inflight CloseWebSocketServer(port:num);
-    init() { }
 }
 
 let lock = new cloud.Counter(
diff --git a/examples/provider-specific/awscdk-docker-python-lambda/main.w b/examples/provider-specific/awscdk-docker-python-lambda/main.w
index 0142675..e621bc0 100644
--- a/examples/provider-specific/awscdk-docker-python-lambda/main.w
+++ b/examples/provider-specific/awscdk-docker-python-lambda/main.w
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ bring "aws-cdk-lib" as awscdk;
 class CdkDockerImageFunction {
   function: awscdk.aws_lambda.DockerImageFunction;
 
-  init() {
+  new() {
     this.function = new awscdk.aws_lambda.DockerImageFunction({
       code: awscdk.aws_lambda.DockerImageCode.fromImageAsset("./container"),
     });
diff --git a/examples/stock-poller/main.w b/examples/stock-poller/main.w
index 80bbcd6..e9073e5 100644
--- a/examples/stock-poller/main.w
+++ b/examples/stock-poller/main.w
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ let tickerSymbol = "GME";
 class TwelveDataApi {
     key: cloud.Secret;
 
-    init() {
+    new() {
         this.key = new cloud.Secret(
           name: "twelve-data-api-key"
         );
diff --git a/examples/todo-app/main.w b/examples/todo-app/main.w
index ca165bc..65168fb 100644
--- a/examples/todo-app/main.w
+++ b/examples/todo-app/main.w
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class TaskStorage impl ITaskStorage {
   db: ex.Redis;
   counter: cloud.Counter;
 
-  init() {
+  new() {
     this.db = new ex.Redis();
     this.counter = new cloud.Counter();
   }
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ class TaskService {
 
   extern "./tasklist_helper.js" static inflight createRegex(s: str): IRegExp;
 
-  init(storage: ITaskStorage) {
+  new(storage: ITaskStorage) {
     this.api = new cloud.Api(cors: true);
     this.taskStorage = storage;
 
@@ -247,6 +247,6 @@ test "list tasks" {
   let response = http.get("${url}/tasks?search=task");
   log("response: ${Json.stringify(response.body)}");
   expect.equal(response.status, 200);
-  expect.equal(response.body, Json.stringify(Json[{"id":"0","description":"task 1","status":"PENDING"}]));   
+  expect.equal(response.body, Json.stringify(Json[{"id":"0","description":"task 1","status":"PENDING"}]));
   expect.equal(response.headers.get("access-control-allow-origin"), "*");
 }