JavaScript 'THIS' keyword in 1 Minute #shorts

What is the THIS keyword in JavaScript? How does it work and why is it so confusing?

The THIS keyword, from the series "10 Things JS Developers Should Know"

Today, for episode 6, we’re talking about the THIS keyword, how context and execution logic changes the value of the 'this' keyword, and how arrow functions affect the value? Episode 6: The THIS keyword. Let’s go!

[AvenDonn]

Screw this I'm going back to C#

What do you mean this is undefined?!?!

[edualfred]

These short videos are amazing! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.

[federicobau]

Not the full explanation but what u could explain in that short amount of time with such clarity is impressive.

[vikashtiwari]

Its like an Achievement when you completely starts getting this keyword

[VipulAnand]

In JavaScript everything is by reference useful explanation in this short. Thanks

[HamiddNasr]

That was soo cool!
Thank you sina :))

[hamadsherazi]

Brother trust me, this is the best content on YouTube. No one goes that deep on YouTube as you did in most of your videos

[one.mr.benjamin]

Dude. Your way of presentation is soo simple. ❤ thanks

[harshithvenkat]

man, your way of explaining is amazing.👍

[sach]

Este canal es completamente increíble 😼

[sobanya_]

Wow, that's a blast from the past.

[udhayakumarr]

Can you make a shorts for css rid explanation sir ?

[Uri.Sab.]

According Mozilla's docs this is for me the correct way to implementing OOP properly. If you don't code OOP like it suppose to be, this keyword could be a headache... as a C++ programmer i like this in JS. I learned that by hard way uwu

[kostas_x]

TIL: Steve Woodmore. I'll leave "this" for another day...🤣 Thank you Sina! You always bring a smile to our faces, no matter the topic. Have you considered Stand up JavaScript comedy?

[nandomax]

If people started coding with Java, they would have no problem understanding JS this

[ildaphonse]

Ok explanation, a little confusing even though it's a simple concept, though very important to go over.

[hadawardgz]

Just to say that in modules or if you are using II(A)FE the keyword this will be undefined

[Krazy]

I understood what it meant when I heard it's basically self

[TMinusRecords]

Wow, I didn't know you could arbituarily set the value of `this` with `.call(val)`. Also, what does `this` outside of a function return when JS isn't being run in a browser (i.e node js)?

[azhar]

"this" is the object of which the function is a property of.