Losing .bind(this) in React

Getting rid of .bind(this) in React component.

If you used React in your time, you probably had to write some of .bind(this) code. And yes, I know:

it looks pretty ugly, plus,
it’s taking up some extra space in the codebase.

Luckily, there are some proposed features of JavaScript that can make .bind(this) the past for us.

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