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JavaScript Basic Arrow Syntax

Posted by nathanielcusano
nathanielcusano
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Are there instances where I would choose not to write an arrow function or does this work in all cases ?

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Adam Fields
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When using arrow functions in jQuery event handlers, you'll run into an issue when using this.

Here's an issue created on Airbnb's Github (although it's not an issue, it's just how arrow syntax works): https://github.com/airbnb/javascript/issues/389

TL;DR: If you want your jQuery event handlers to work the same way, you can either write function(){} as your callback or use event.currentTarget instead of this.

nathanielcusano
nathanielcusano
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thanks