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Brendan Whiting
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 84,735 PointsShould I always use arrow functions from here on out?
Arrow functions seem awesome and seem to help me solve problems with 'this'. Is it recommended that after moving to ES2015 we always declare functions with the arrow function syntax and never use the function keyword ever? Would there ever be a good situation to use the old syntax?
(In the same way that they're saying to only ever use const and let and never var from here on out, if I'm not mistaken)
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Saif Tase
24,578 PointsThis article gives a couple good examples of when not to use an arrow function.
Brendan Whiting
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 84,735 PointsThanks, very informative.
jlampstack
23,932 PointsNicely explained.
Anthony Albertorio
22,624 PointsAnthony Albertorio
22,624 PointsA good answer to your question is described here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTRujqZYhrU&list=PL57atfCFqj2h5fpdZD-doGEIs0NZxeJTX&index=2
They are inter-changeable in many aspects. A key difference is that the arrow function has this thing called lexical scoping, which as the video explains in really layman's term is that the parent scope (aka one level up).
At the time 6:30 the video provides an example of where the arrow function cannot replace the regular function keyword, as well as a cool workaround.