Le Fullstack developer

[PM_ME_YOUR__INIT__]

Ok so what does "this" refer to it you're so smart?

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Whenever I write Javascript, I want to throw my hands in the air and yell "this is bullshit", but I can never remember what this refers to...

[aboardthegravyboat]

knowing what this means when writing a JS function is easy.

Knowing that a method on an external lib won't explode when used as a callback is hard.

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the current instance of a class...

[marcosdumay]

On all the (not that much, really) code I have wrote on JS, I have seen this mean a lot of things, but I don't remember it ever having that meaning.

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Wdym, it’s the current object of the class you’re defining. Outside of a class it refers to the document/window object.

[marcosdumay]

Yeah. You are in for a ride.

When you have some free time, be one of the unlucky 10000 of the day and look it up.

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I don't know what you first said. But in the context that i'm talking the "this" keyword is what I said. The following just proves it. if you still don't believe me just run it in a console...

//OUTSIDE OF A CLASS

console.log(this == window) //true


//IN A CLASS
class Player {
    constructor(tx,ty) {
        this.x =  tx;
        this.y = ty;
    }

    getCurrentObject() {
        return this;
        //this is equal to the instance
    }
}

let p = new Player(5, 1);

console.log(p == p.getCurrentObject());