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JavaScript Vue.js Basics Building a Flashcard App Creating a New Card

Alex Hort-Francis
Alex Hort-Francis
17,074 Points
Posted by Alex Hort-Francis
Alex Hort-Francis
17,074 Points

'this' keyword: why is it used here?

At 2:00 in the video.

We create a function to add a new card. Why do we need to use:

...
front: this.newFront, 
back: this.newBack,
...

... as opposed to:

...
front: newFront, 
back: newBack,
...

Is this because the second option would be interpreted by Javascript as 'newFront' & 'newBack' referring to variables that are being defined within the scope of the function itself?

Thanks, Alex