jQuery pitfalls to avoid [closed]

Answer 1

Misunderstanding of using this identifier in the right context. For instance:

$( "#first_element").click( function( event)
{
   $(this).method( ); //referring to first_element
   $(".listOfElements").each( function()
   {
      $(this).someMethod( ); // here 'this' is not referring first_element anymore.
   })
});

And here one of the samples how you can solve it:

$( "#first_element").click( function( event)
{
   $(this).method( ); //referring to first_element
   var $that = this;
   $(".listOfElements").each( function()
   {
      $that.someMethod( ); // here 'that' is referring to first_element still.
   })
});