How can I keep the context of 'this' in jquery

Question

I have something like this:

var Something = function(){
  this.render = function(){};
  $(window).resize(function(){
    this.render();
  });
}

Answer 1

That's exactly what I do. It's not specific to jQuery, either.

var Construct = function() {
    var self = this; //preserve scope

    this.materials = 2000;

    this.build = function(){
        self.materials -= 100;
    };
};

Remember to use the var keyword in front of your new scope variable. Otherwise, you're creating a new global variable. As a local variable, it will still be accessible inside the inner function via a closure.