I have tried searching through a lot of S.O. pages but nothing has touched EXACTLY on this top while also NOT USING JQUERY.... I am trying to stick to pure JavaScript as I want to learn it 115% before advancing my current knowledge of JQuery.
I have an object called ScreenResizeTool like this...
function ScreenResizeTool(currImg) {
window.addEventHandler('resize', function() {
listen(currImg);
}, true);
}
and a method like this...
ScreenResizeTool.prototype.listen = function(currImg) {
//Random Code For Resizing
};
My trouble is probably obvious to an experienced JavaScript user but I am having trouble not making this into a messy dirty awful OOP set. I have done various tests to show and prove to myself that the this
inside the addEventHandler changes when it becomes bound to the window. This much I assumed before testing but I was able to see that once window.resize event happens the listen method is gone and not a part of the global window variable....
I have also tried adding a this
capture such as this.me = this
inside the object constructor however it also couldn't see the me
variable once it ran. Once the window took the function over it no longer knew anything about the me
variable or any reference to my class methods....
I am aware that I could separate this differently but my goal here is to learn how to fully encapsulate and use as many clean OOP structures as possible as I just came from the .NET world and I need it in my life.
I am also aware that I could make messy calls and or store this object or access to the methods inside the window variable but that seems outright wrong to me. I should be able to fully encapsulate this object and have its events and methods all implemented in this class structure.
I also know that the currImg variable is not going to be seen either but lets start small here. I assume once I figure out my incorrect train of thought on scope for JavaScript I should be fine to figure out the currImg problem.
I know there's 1000 JavaScript programmers out there waiting to rip me a new one over asking this simple question but I gotta know...
Thoughts anyone?