xtendjs

Utility Library to extend javascript primitives, simpler than and inspired by sugarjs and lodash

WIP

• String, Number, Date, RegExp, Function, DOM (if in browser)
• Documentation
• unpkg.com
• Advanced: Ability to extend wrapping
• optional: prettier, eslint, git-hooks, benchmark in browsers, .circleci, .github, git-bot

Usage

• Browser <script src="https://unpkg.com/xtend"></script> then xtend()
• Node npm i xtendjs then require('xtendjs')()

Concept

• Extends Object with map, reduce, filter, find and keys, values, assign
• Extends Array, String, Number, Function, Date, and global context with utilities
• Provides a way to add/remove custom functions/shorthands
• Short Codebase, single file, no dependencies
• Simple functions, inspired by https://30secondsofcode.org

Contribute

• See .github issues template or contribution template
• run test with npm run test or npm run test:watch, consider using tap-spec formatter instead of faucet.

Why ?

Iterating over object as easily as array was crucial for me to prototype, manipulate data and onboard developers.

It is probably evil to override Object.prototype or global context but it was also making me start quicker new ideas.

If you control your environment and don't have (or few) dependencies, then using xtend will probably help you.

I enjoyed using Sugar but decided to replace it by something simpler to minimise API overhead.

Sugar Issues:

• Too many functions
• New concepts to learn (Range)
• Strange API to extend: Sugar.extend({ objectPrototype: true, methods: ['map', 'reduce'], enhanceString: false })
• Some strange names
• Some slow functions

Lodash Issues:

• Too many functions
• New concepts to learn (Collection, Seq, Lang)
• Difference between lodashFP and lodash
• Difference between Seq _() and _.chain()