I'm an awful nostalgist for mega constructors and the circa 2010 var _this = this; but your points make sense in most contexts. I think value of this is clearer when describing code that is referecing an instance environment of something. Especially at an entry level, I think this helps to lubricate the learning process when working with constructors.
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I prefer a functional reactive style that doesn't require constructors or this.
I think the concept of this works great in other languages like C#. Because you know what this is. Though in JavaScript, people expect this to behave the same way it does in those other languages and it just doesn't :(
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I'm an awful nostalgist for mega constructors and the circa 2010
var _this = this;but your points make sense in most contexts. I think value ofthisis clearer when describing code that is referecing an instance environment of something. Especially at an entry level, I thinkthishelps to lubricate the learning process when working with constructors.I prefer a functional reactive style that doesn't require constructors or
this.I think the concept of
thisworks great in other languages like C#. Because you know whatthisis. Though in JavaScript, people expectthisto behave the same way it does in those other languages and it just doesn't :(