that, self or me — which one to prefer in JavaScript?

Question

While coding JavaScript sometimes you store the reference of object this in a local variable for different purposes (to set proper scope, to help code obfuscato

Answer 1

There's an orange in your apple basket there, this has a very specific contextual meaning. The choice is really between self and me of those options. Between those...you choose, it doesn't matter either way only personal preference.

this refers to the context your in, so it's not really an "option" without introducing a lot of confusion and easy to make errors. I see self used much more than me (in example code, frameworks, libraries, etc). It's just preference, but I agree self is more attractive, not sure why...again just my preference.