Difference between using variable self vs this

Question

I have been struggling with the use of these \"this\" with the .bind() method and the use of the variable \"self = this\". In getting two different results with those, so I\'m m

Answer 1

Be careful, self will always refer to the last instanciated object :

var c1 = new Callback();
var c2 = new Callback(); // overrides previous self

Then following line actually sets c2.html_element :

c1.set_html_element(html_element);

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Closures

That said, replacing this is completely useless in your case.