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		agumonkey on May 16, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Modern JavaScript Tutorial I got to use bind for a class based event handler, using arrows would bind this to the wrong context.. but maybe I'm doing it wrong.

have_faith on May 16, 2022 [–]

I've used this syntax which auto-binds this, worked for me

  class Thing {
    method1 = () => {}
    method2 = () => {
      something.addEventListener('click', this.method1);
    }
  }

agumonkey on May 16, 2022 | [–]

Fun trick. A bit tangled though

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