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Preeti Wadhwani edited this page Jun 11, 2021 · 1 revision

`this` inside functions

this in js is an object which refers to current execution scope

the execution context is based on the left hand side of the function which means how we calling the method.

if using object, this will refer to that object
if without anything, this will refer to global window object

`this` in arrow functions

they don't get their own this access
this will be identical to the parent function this