What is the use of the JavaScript 'bind' method?

Question

What is the use of bind() in JavaScript?

Answer 1

/**
 * Bind is a method inherited from Function.prototype same like call and apply
 * It basically helps to bind a function to an object's context during initialisation 
 * 
 * */

window.myname = "Jineesh";  
var foo = function(){ 
  return this.myname;
};

//IE < 8 has issues with this, supported in ecmascript 5
var obj = { 
    myname : "John", 
    fn:foo.bind(window)// binds to window object
}; 
console.log( obj.fn() ); // Returns Jineesh