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5/15/2017 - 10:04 PM

JavaScript >> Arrow function

JavaScript >> Arrow function

function Foo() {
    this.name = name;
    this.count = 0;
    this.startCounting();
}

Foo.prototype.startCounting = function() {
  var self = this;
  setInterval(function () {
    // this is the Window, not Foo {}, as you might expect
    console.log(this); // [object Window]
    // that's why we reassign this to self before setInterval()
    console.log(self.count);
    self.count++;
  },1000)
}

new Foo();


//Becomes

function Foo() {
    this.name = name;
    this.count = 0;
    this.startCounting();
}

Foo.prototype.startCounting = function() {
  setInterval(() => {        
    console.log(this); // [object Object]
    console.log(this.count); // 1, 2, 3
    this.count++;
  },1000)
}

new Foo();
var foo = ['a', 'ab', 'abc'];

var bar = foo.map(f => f.length);
// Equivalent to 
//function (f) {
//  return f.length;
//}

console.log(bar); // 1,2,3