From 217c54d7a7604e49d159d07b986af4a8a5c204f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Paul=20O=E2=80=99Shannessy?= Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2015 16:42:48 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Merge pull request #4921 from benjaffe/master [docs] Clarify when autobinding does(n't) happens (cherry picked from commit 56ccd8237451a66d12ac90e8bc71af9d92da250a) --- docs/docs/03-interactivity-and-dynamic-uis.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/docs/03-interactivity-and-dynamic-uis.md b/docs/docs/03-interactivity-and-dynamic-uis.md index 667f456d08..74a2263f35 100644 --- a/docs/docs/03-interactivity-and-dynamic-uis.md +++ b/docs/docs/03-interactivity-and-dynamic-uis.md @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ If you'd like to use React on a touch device such as a phone or tablet, simply c Under the hood, React does a few things to keep your code performant and easy to understand. -**Autobinding:** When creating callbacks in JavaScript, you usually need to explicitly bind a method to its instance such that the value of `this` is correct. With React, every method is automatically bound to its component instance. React caches the bound method such that it's extremely CPU and memory efficient. It's also less typing! +**Autobinding:** When creating callbacks in JavaScript, you usually need to explicitly bind a method to its instance such that the value of `this` is correct. With React, every method is automatically bound to its component instance (except when using ES6 class syntax). React caches the bound method such that it's extremely CPU and memory efficient. It's also less typing! **Event delegation:** React doesn't actually attach event handlers to the nodes themselves. When React starts up, it starts listening for all events at the top level using a single event listener. When a component is mounted or unmounted, the event handlers are simply added or removed from an internal mapping. When an event occurs, React knows how to dispatch it using this mapping. When there are no event handlers left in the mapping, React's event handlers are simple no-ops. To learn more about why this is fast, see [David Walsh's excellent blog post](http://davidwalsh.name/event-delegate).