Typescript “this” inside a class method

Question

I know this is probably painfully basic, but i am having a tough time wrapping my head around it.

class Main
{
     constructor()
     {
         requestAni         


        

Answer 1

In short, the this keyword always has a reference to the object that called the function.

In Javascript, since functions are just variables, you can pass them around.

Example:

var x = {
   localvar: 5, 
   test: function(){
      alert(this.localvar);
   }
};

x.test() // outputs 5

var y;
y.somemethod = x.test; // assign the function test from x to the 'property' somemethod on y
y.test();              // outputs undefined, this now points to y and y has no localvar

y.localvar = "super dooper string";
y.test();              // outputs super dooper string

When you do the following with jQuery:

$.proxy(this.update, this);

What you are doing is overriding that context. Behind the scenes jQuery will guive you this:

$.proxy = function(fnc, scope){
  return function(){
     return fnc.apply(scope);  // apply is a method on a function that calls that function with a given this value
  }
};