What's the difference between myFunction.property and this.property?

Asked Jul 27 '17 at 20:06

Active Jul 27 '17 at 23:57

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Note: This is not a duplicate, the duplicate mentioned does not even remotely mention the same function. Plus this also refers to how angularjs works.

So in angularjs, I recently had to make a controller and then inject data.

I am wondering why I had to do this:

function myController ($window) {
    var ctrl = this;
    return ctrl;
}
myController.$inject = ['$window'];

why can't I do this instead? What's the difference between the two?

function myController ($window) {
    var ctrl = this;
    ctrl.$inject = ['$window'];
    return ctrl;
}

edited Jul 27 '17 at 23:57

asked Jul 27 '17 at 20:06

jemiloii

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Because `ctrl != myController`. – Estus Flask Jul 27 '17 at 20:08
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In the second example `this` points to a new created object with `myController` constructor function. But `$inject` has to be a static property of it. – Alex Chuev Jul 27 '17 at 20:58
Oh I see, the prototype! I completely forgot about that. If you post this as an answer I'll accept it. – jemiloii Jul 28 '17 at 00:00

What's the difference between myFunction.property and this.property?

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