a-toolbox

a-toolbox

Javascript lightweight tools

"This is my rifle. There are many others like it, but this one is mine."

Npm Installation

$ npm install a-toolbox

Tools on Node.js

var tools = require('a-toolbox.js');

Tools on Browser

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Tools

tasks (promises) async manage

var _tasks = new tools.tasks(function () {
    console.log('well done');
});

var _asyncOperationTimeout = [ 500, 1000, 200, 1500, 100];

for(var i  in _asyncOperationTimeout) {
    _tasks.todo('task#' + i);
}
for(var i  in _asyncOperationTimeout) {
    setTimeout(function(i){
        return function() {
            console.log('done task #', i);
            _tasks.done('task#' + i);
        };
    }(i), _asyncOperationTimeout[i]);

}

//>done task # 4
//>done task # 2
//>done task # 0
//>done task # 1
//>done task # 3
//>well done

object merge

var _merge = {a: 1, b: 2};
console.log('to merge', _merge);
tools.object.merge(_merge, {a: 4, c: { d: 8, e: 9}});
console.log('merged', _merge);

//>to merge { a: 1, b: 2 }
//>merged { a: 4, b: 2, c: { d: 8, e: 9 } }

random

console.log('random number from 1 to 100:', tools.random.number(1, 100));

//>random number from 1 to 100: 14

console.log('random string of 8 chars, default set:', tools.random.string(8));

//>random string of 8 chars, default set: dcglhcvr

var _hex = '0123456789abcdef';
console.log('random string of 16 chars, custom set (hex)', _hex, ':', tools.random.string(16, _hex));

//>random string of 16 chars, custom set (hex) 0123456789abcdef : b4a61c1af5360fd4

string template

Replace marker in template string with provided object data

var data = {
    name: 'Alice',
    year: 2014,
    color: 'yellow'
};

var str = '<div>My name is {name} I was born in {year} and my favourite color is {color}</div>{nothing}';
console.log('template:', tools.string.template(str, data));

//> template: <div>My name is Alice I was born in 2014 and my favourite color is yellow</div>{nothing}

replaceAll in String prototype

console.log("no replace all in js native code that replace all the replace".replaceAll(' ', '_'));

//> no_replace_all_in_js_native_code_that_replace_all_the_replace

array remove

var _array = ['very', 'annoying', 'remove', 'elements', 'in', 'js', 'arrays'];
tools.array.remove(_array, 'very');
tools.array.remove(_array, 'annoying');
console.log(_array);

//>[ 'remove', 'elements', 'in', 'js', 'arrays' ]

array removeAt

tools.array.removeAt(_array, 4);
console.log(_array);

//>[ 'remove', 'elements', 'in', 'arrays' ]

array first and last

console.log('last element is', tools.array.last(_array));

//>last element is js

console.log('first element is', tools.array.first(_array));

//>first element is remove

array contains

console.log('contains js?', tools.array.contains(_array, 'js'));

//>contains js? true

console.log('contains ruby?', tools.array.contains(_array, 'ruby'));

//>contains ruby? false

array insert

tools.array.insert(_array, 0, 'something');
console.log('inserted something', _array);

//>inserted something [ 'something', 'remove', 'elements', 'in', 'js' ]

array get random element

console.log('get random element:', tools.array.randomElement(_array));

//>get random element element: in

array concat

console.log('concat more arrays', tools.array.concat(_array, [0,1,2,3], ['a','b','c']));

//>concat more arrays [ 'something',
//>  'remove',
//>  'elements',
//>  'in',
//>  'js',
//>  0,
//>  1,
//>  2,
//>  3,
//>  'a',
//>  'b',
//>  'c' ]

array empty

When you need to keep references

tools.array.empty(_array);
console.log('empty it', _array);

//>empty it []

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2015 Simone Sanfratello

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.