Javascript literal object, reference to itself

Question

I have this example code:

var foo = {

    self: this,

    init: function(){

        self.doStuff();
    },

    doStuff: function(){
        alert(\'doing         


        

Answer 1

The value of this is determined by how the current function was called. It does not refer to the current object.

This will work:

var foo = {
    init: function(){
        this.doStuff();
    },
    doStuff: function(){
        alert('doing stuff');   
    }
};

foo.init();

Since when you call foo.init(), this becomes foo.