What the difference between window.setTimeout() and setTimeout()?
javascript, settimeout
Solution
JavaScript runs in an environment that is defined by a global object. Methods of the global object can be called without explicitly referring to the object (i.e. without the `obj.function()` notation).
When you run JavaScript inside the browser, the global object is provided by the Document Object Model (DOM). The global object of the DOM has a method `setTimeout()`. That's why you can call `setTimeout()`.
The DOM specifies that the global object has a property named `window`, which is a reference back to the global object. That's why you can call `window.setTimeout()` and (by transitivity) `window.window.setTimeout()`, `window.window.window.setTimeout()`, and (you guessed it) `window.window.window.window.window.window.window.window.window.setTimeout()`. It's all the same method of the same object.
Problem
I would like to know what the difference is between ``` window.setTimeout(myFancyFunciton, 1000); ``` and ``` setTimeout(myFancyFunciton, 1000); ``` Both seem to do the exact same thing. When should you use one or the other?