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JavaScript’s apply, call, and bind explained by hosting a cookout

Kevin Kononenko on April 10, 2018

If you have ever been in charge of operating the grill at a family event or party, then you can understand apply, call and bind in JavaScript. If ...

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sabriele • Apr 22 '18 • Edited

Hi Kevin! Thanks for the really interesting analogies! I'd just like to point out that your code block for

cookout.grill("steak");
// "I am going to fire up the grill to cook steak with soda to drink!" cookout.grill.call(fancyDinner, "steak");
// "I am going to fire up the grill to cook steak with wine to drink!"

doesn't seem to be showing up properly.

Anyway, thanks again for a great article :)

Kevin Kononenko • Apr 22 '18

Whoops! Should be fixed :)

Jibin Philipose • Jun 19 '18

An awesome article, thank you for sharing this.

Kevin Kononenko • Jun 19 '18

Very welcome Jibin!

Priyansh Jain • Apr 10 '18

While we're on the food topic, check out my pizza with JS article

Kevin Kononenko • Apr 10 '18

Wow this is interesting Priyansh! Do you know any Illustrator/graphic design? Some images would make it even better :)

Priyansh Jain • Apr 10 '18

Sadly I don't :(

Kevin Kononenko • Apr 10 '18

All good! Want to send me an email? Would love to hear where you got the motivation for your post. kevin (at) codeanalogies (dot) com

Desolo Sub Humus 🌎🌍 • Aug 3 '18

Ah, food, I love how you explain code.

Peter Kim Frank • Apr 10 '18

This is great, Kevin! I really appreciate the combination of prose, code snippets, and visual cues. It's a very effective way to describe these concepts. Thanks for sharing!

Kevin Kononenko • Apr 10 '18

Thanks Peter :)

Johan • Jun 23 '18

Excellent! very nice explanation.

Kevin Kononenko • Jun 23 '18

Thanks Johan!