Difference between this and self in JavaScript

Question

Everyone is aware of this in javascript, but there are also instances of self encountered in the wild, such as here

So, what is the differe

Answer 1

Find below some combinations of 'window', 'self' and 'this' console outputs in the global scope (browser environment) to see where it is referring to.

console.log( window ); // Window {…}
console.log( self );   // Window {…}
console.log( this );   // Window {…}

console.log( window.window ); // Window {…}
console.log( window.self );   // Window {…}
console.log( window.this );   // undefined  

console.log( self.self );     // Window {…}
console.log( self.window );   // Window {…}
console.log( self.this );     // undefined

console.log( this.this );     // undefined
console.log( this.window );   // Window {…}
console.log( this.self );     // Window {…}

console.log( window.window.window );    // Window {…}
console.log( self.self.self );          // Window {…}
console.log( window.self.window.self ); // Window {…}
console.log( self.window.self.window ); // Window {…}
console.log( this.this );               // undefined