protoblast

Protoblast

Extend native objects with helpful methods to speed up development, or leave the native objects alone and use bound methods.

Getting started

For more information and API documentation, visit the Protoblast homepage.

Installation

$ npm install protoblast

Features

• Targeted for node.js & optimal performance, but perfectly usable in the browser
• A way to use all new methods without modifying native prototypes

Todo

• Write documentation (currently a WIP)
• Write more unit tests (coverage is currently around 60%)
• Finish browser unit tests
• ...

Use

You can use Protoblast in 2 ways.

Modify the native prototypes

This is the easiest way to use all the new methods & shims. Ideal for internal or big projects.

require('protoblast')();

// Now new native methods have been added
var arr = [5,9,3,4,1];

arr.flashsort();
// [1, 3, 4, 5, 9]

Use bound functions

You can also get an object that has pre-bound all the new methods, without modifying anything.

It's more verbose, but should be the way to use Protoblast in redistributable modules.

var Blast = require('protoblast')(false);

// Now new native methods have been added
var arr = [5,9,3,4,1];

Blast.Bound.Array.flashsort(arr);
// [1, 3, 4, 5, 9]

Changelog

0.3.0 (2016-06-22)

• Added Informer#unsee method, so 'after' and such can be reset
• Added Number#bitAt method, to return the bit at the specified position
• Array#clip 'highest' value is now optional
• Array#employ has been removed
• Function.benchmark will now calculate overhead based on self-created dummies
• If another Protoblast instance is detected during loading, it will only be returned if the major & minor version is the same and the patch is higher. Otherwise, a new instance is created. This is only the case in the non-global-modifying mode.