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JavaScript React Basics (2018) Understanding State State and Events Review

Brian Thomas
Brian Thomas
10,688 Points
Posted by Brian Thomas
Brian Thomas
10,688 Points

Could use some help explaining how this is not calling the function

also tried onClick={this.startTimer.bind(this)}

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

I'm not sure, but I have two guesses:

  1. it might actually work but it's not accepted because it's not the method that was taught in the lesson
  2. it might not work because "this" is evaluated at different times than in the lesson method