What is 'this'

Explain what "this" is in JavaScript #shorts

[brandotcom]

The concept “the less you know the better ” applies here

[Matt]

"This is bullcrap!"
"No, this is the window object"

[anuragpatel]

Your "unless" just made me trip on THIS

[Harshitvashisth]

Value of "this" is always an object;
value of "this" not decided at the time you write code, it is decided when you run code.
value of "this" inside function is equal to the object who is calling your function.
and arrow function take "this" from its surrounding because they don't have own "this".
we can specify the value of "this" using call, apply or bind method.

[judai]

University teachers preparing questions for their JS course exams be like:

[neilh.]

As someone who primarily writes code in JavaScript, I can relate to this. And by "this", I mean the video, not the window object.

[anonymouscoder]

People sitting beside me: What are you watching

Me: I am learning *this and that*

[darrorpsk]

nothing to see here, just JS being JS.

[pinkuchocobo]

"This is bullcrap!"
"No, this is Patrick!"

[justingolden]

next time i'm writing js and someone says "hey check this out" i'ma have a stroke

[kebman]

Kudos for actually filming the screen. Makes it easier to understand that it's not my screen!

[dnaiel]

I find it hard to believe that these "new" arrow functions were added to the standard all the back in 2015!

[bryannaing]

"So, what videos do you watch?"
Me: "Oh, this and that."

[PeterusTV]

this is a certified Javascript classic

[janherfs]

Window be like: "Now THIS looks like a job for me... Now everybody, just follow me"

[imiqar]

1) "this" always refers to the nearest object. If no object is specified, it will refer to the window object.
2) const binds this as nearest object as this on default
3) Other example usage of "this":
function a(a, b) {
this.propA = a;
this.propB = b;
}
//"this" here will actually refer to the object that will be instantiated with the "new" keyword.
const b = new a(1, 2);
console.log(b.propA); //1
console.log(b.propB); //2

[amit_awadhi]

Thanks for making "this" more complicated for me than it was before.

[chriscormier]

Very concise, I absolutely love these tutorials

[Kevin-jcfx]

You said "Unless" so many times that I am not sure reality is even real anymore. 😂😂👏👏👏

[sha.]

Basically, He's speaking Ruby code. if, unless ...