Clean Code in JavaScript

Function bindings and this

A function's bindings refer to a set of additional and implicit values that JavaScript makes available for referencing within the body of the function. These bindings include the following:

• this: The this keyword refers to the execution context of a function's invocation
• super: The super keyword in a method or constructor refers to its super-class
• new.target: This binding informs you as to whether the function was invoked as a constructor (via the new operator)
• arguments: This binding provides access to the arguments that are passed to a function when it is invoked

These bindings are available to all functions except those defined with the arrow syntax (fn = () => {}). Functions defined in this way will effectively ...