min-dash

What is min-dash?

The min-dash npm package is a minimal utility library for JavaScript that provides a set of functions for common programming tasks. It is designed to be lightweight and efficient, making it suitable for use in performance-sensitive applications.

What are min-dash's main functionalities?

Array Manipulation

min-dash provides functions like `filter` and `map` to manipulate arrays. `filter` is used to create a new array with all elements that pass the test implemented by the provided function. `map` creates a new array with the results of calling a provided function on every element in the calling array.

const { filter, map } = require('min-dash');

const numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
const evenNumbers = filter(numbers, n => n % 2 === 0);
const squaredNumbers = map(numbers, n => n * n);

console.log(evenNumbers); // [2, 4]
console.log(squaredNumbers); // [1, 4, 9, 16, 25]

Object Manipulation

min-dash provides functions like `assign` and `keys` for object manipulation. `assign` is used to copy the values of all enumerable own properties from one or more source objects to a target object. `keys` returns an array of a given object's own enumerable property names.

const { assign, keys } = require('min-dash');

const obj1 = { a: 1, b: 2 };
const obj2 = { b: 3, c: 4 };
const mergedObj = assign({}, obj1, obj2);
const objKeys = keys(mergedObj);

console.log(mergedObj); // { a: 1, b: 3, c: 4 }
console.log(objKeys); // ['a', 'b', 'c']

Function Utilities

min-dash provides function utilities like `bind` and `debounce`. `bind` creates a new function that, when called, has its `this` keyword set to the provided value, with a given sequence of arguments preceding any provided when the new function is called. `debounce` creates a debounced function that delays invoking the provided function until after a specified wait time has elapsed since the last time the debounced function was invoked.

const { bind, debounce } = require('min-dash');

function greet(name) {
  console.log('Hello ' + name);
}

const boundGreet = bind(greet, null, 'World');
boundGreet(); // 'Hello World'

const debouncedGreet = debounce(greet, 1000);
debouncedGreet('Alice');
debouncedGreet('Bob'); // Only 'Hello Bob' will be logged after 1 second

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README

min-dash

Minimal utility tool belt to be used with bpmn.io related libraries.

Features

• fine selection of powerful utilities on board
• ES2015 compatible
• complete bundle 2kB minified and gzipped
• utilities optimized for speed (i.e. sorting and union only by key)

How to use

import {
  find,
  sortBy,
  assign
} from 'min-dash';

Your favourite module bundler should apply tree-shaking to only include the components your application requires. If you're using CommonJS modules give common-shake a try.

Related

• 1-liners - a slightly more opinionated collection of useful utilities
• min-dom - minimal DOM utility toolbelt
• tiny-svg - tiny SVG utility toolbelt

License

MIT