var self = this?

Question

Using instance methods as callbacks for event handlers changes the scope of this from \"My instance\" to \"Whatever just called the callback\"

Answer 1

var functionX = function() {
  var self = this;
  var functionY = function(y) {
    // If we call "this" in here, we get a reference to functionY,
    // but if we call "self" (defined earlier), we get a reference to function X.
  }
}

edit: in spite of, nested functions within an object takes on the global window object rather than the surrounding object.