Is there an alias for ‘this’ in TypeScript?

The scope of this is preserved when using the arrow function syntax () => { ... } – here is an example taken from TypeScript For JavaScript Programmers.

var ScopeExample = { 
  text: "Text from outer function", 
  run: function() { 
    setTimeout( () => { 
      alert(this.text); 
    }, 1000); 
  } 
};

Note that this.text gives you Text from outer function because the arrow function syntax preserves the “lexical scope”.