JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by osuzhang

HTML

CounterA: <div id='counterA'>0</div>

CounterB: <div id='counterB'>0</div>

CounterC: <div id='counterC'>0</div>

CounterD: <div id='counterD'>0</div>

JavaScript

// globally defined this.i
this.i = 100;

var counterA = new CounterA();
var counterB = new CounterB();
var counterC = new CounterC();
var counterD = new CounterD();

// bad example 
function CounterA() {
  // CounterA's `this` instance (!! gets ignored here)
  this.i = 0;
  setInterval(function () {
    // `this` refers to global object, not to CounterA's `this`
    // therefore starts counting with 100, not with 0 (local this.i)
    this.i++;
    document.getElementById("counterA").innerHTML = this.i;
  }, 500);
}

// manually binding that = this
function CounterB() {
  this.i = 0;
  var that = this;
  setInterval(function() {
    that.i++;
    document.getElementById("counterB").innerHTML = that.i;
  }, 1000);
}

// using .bind(this)
function CounterC() {
  this.i = 0;
  setInterval(function() {
    this.i++;
    document.getElementById("counterC").innerHTML = this.i;
  }.bind(this), 1000);
}

// fat arrow function
function CounterD() {
  this.i = 0;
  setInterval(() => {
    this.i++;
    document.getElementById("counterD").innerHTML = this.i;
  }, 5000);
}