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anns
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 10,874 Pointsdifference between state={} and this.state={}
There is any difference between these two ways of initializing a state:
- state={}
- constructor(props) { super(props); this.state={} }
2 Answers
Dane Parchment
Treehouse Moderator 11,077 PointsThis is actually a very complex question, because of how JavaScript handles this, and then the way it handle scope.
So instead of answering this question myself, which will probably take a big post just to make it understanding, I will instead link you to a much better article about the this statement in javascript.
Admittedly the article is pretty high-level in terms of what it is talking about, so I recommend you take your time and read it slowly and carefully. Focus less on the syntax or what he is programming and more on how he uses this and how he explains what it does.
anns
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 10,874 PointsThank you Dane Parchment, now is much more clear