Dale L. Jefferson

Dealing with this binding in JavaScript can be a real pain. In this article, I will show you three ways to avoid binding issues. Class Properties is the new JavaScript syntax for creating handler functions that have the correct this binding.

If you are like me you will also end up doing a lot of asynchronous work in componentWillMount/componentDidMount. This article will show you how to use Async/Await with React’s Lifecycle events. React’s lifecycle methods can return any value, including a promise.