\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. 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Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{2} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.96 cm} x{5.04 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{5 `this` keyword binging rules}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Default binging & `this` points to a global object. Keep in mind: in the strict mode global object is `undefined` \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Implicit binding & A "context object" reference gets bound to `this` \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Explicit binding & `this` gets bound to an object of our choice by calling explicitly \seqsplit{`Function.prototype.call()`} or \seqsplit{`Function.prototype.apply()`.} Unfortunately, `this` biding is lost in `=` assignments. \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 8) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Explicit "hard" binding & "Hard" is just an implementation of the `bind()` pattern/method that addresses problem of `this` context lost in assignments \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 5) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `new f()` binding & An object, newly constructed by `new` call, is set as `this` reference in function `f` \tn % Row Count 23 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{`this` binding rules apply to how `this` keyword gets evaluated in functions. The rules above are sorted from the most generic to the most specialised. Explicit "soft" binding does not prevent us from losing `this` context} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Default binding rule example}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{window.engine = "broken"; //global string \newline function startEngine() \{ \newline console.log(this.engine + " started !"); \newline \}; \newline startEngine(); //"broken started !"} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Implicit binding rule example}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{window.engine = "broken"; \newline function startEngine() \{ \newline console.log(this.engine + " started !"); \newline \}; \newline var raceCar = \{ \newline engine: "560hp", \newline startEngine: startEngine \newline \}; \newline raceCar.startEngine(); //"560hp started !"} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Implicit binding rule broken}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{function startEngine() \{ \newline console.log(this.engine + " started !"); \newline \}; \newline var raceCar = \{ \newline engine: "560hp", \newline startEngine: startEngine \newline \}; \newline var startRaceCarEngine = raceCar.startEngine; //implicit binding lost ! \newline startRaceCarEngine(); //"undefined started !"} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Explicit rule example}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{function startEngine() \{ \newline console.log(this.engine + " started !"); \newline \} \newline var raceCar = \{ \newline engine: "560hp" \newline \}; \newline startEngine.call(raceCar); // "560hp started !" \newline startEngine.apply(raceCar); // "560hp started !"} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Explicit binding rule broken}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{function startEngine() \{ \newline return function() \{ \newline console.log(this.engine + " started !"); \newline \} \newline \} \newline var raceCar = \{ \newline engine: "560hp" \newline \}; \newline startEngine.call(raceCar)(); //"undefined started !"} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Explicit "hard" rule example}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{function startEngineFactory() \{ \newline return (function() \{ \newline console.log(this.engine + " started !"); \newline \}).bind(raceCar); //"hard" binding ! \newline \} \newline var raceCar = \{ \newline engine: "560hp" \newline \}; \newline var startEngine = startEngineFactory(); \newline startEngine(\{ engine: "78hp" \});//"560hp started !" \newline startEngine.call(\{ engine: "51hp" \});//"560hp started !"} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{no matter what you pass to startEngine() function, it is always bound to raceCar object instance} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{"New" rule example}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{function startEngine(power) \{ \newline this.engine = power; //a new object \newline \} \newline var slowCar = new startEngine("33hp"); \newline var fastCar = new startEngine("260hp"); \newline console.log(slowCar); //\{engine: "33hp"\} \newline console.log(fastCar); //\{engine: "260hp"\}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{this gets bound to a newly created object (passed as {\emph{this}} to the function body)} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{All rules in one example}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{window.engine = "broken"; \newline function startEngine(power) \{ \newline var log = this.engine + " preparing... "; \newline this.engine = power; \newline console.log(log + this.engine + " started !"); \newline \} \newline var raceCar = \{ \newline engine: "560hp", \newline startEngine: startEngine \newline \}; \newline startEngine("15hp"); //default binding \newline raceCar.startEngine("700hp"); //implicit binding \newline startEngine.apply(\{ engine: "{[}to-be-set{]}" \}, {[}"440hp"{]}); //explicit binding \newline var newCar = new startEngine("33hp"); //"new" binding \newline \newline //logs as follows: \newline //"broken preparing... 15hp started !" \newline //"560hp preparing... 700hp started !" \newline //"{[}to-be-set{]} preparing... 440hp started !" \newline //"undefined preparing... 33hp started !"} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}