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jen

04/30/2020, 6:31 PM

(I have a while {} that I messed up....)

stalbert

04/30/2020, 7:04 PM

avoid

while

and

for

🙂

jen

05/01/2020, 5:28 PM

😐

stalbert

05/01/2020, 5:43 PM

seriously - I almost never write

while

for

loops any more (to reduce my mistakes)

jen

05/04/2020, 3:45 PM

Dumb question....but how do you replicate the behaviour of a while/for loop another way?

stalbert

05/04/2020, 4:51 PM

I use functional libraries (e.g. immutablejs or lodash) or native functions (e.g. Array.map())

stalbert

05/04/2020, 5:05 PM

and when it comes to things like iterating over a sublist, I use NFT which is a thin layer that makes a sublist work in an array-like fashion and hence can be used directly with

lodash

and similar libs. For search results I do the same thing but make them compatible with libraries like

immutablejs

. The functions available on lodash and/or immutable better describe WHAT you're trying to do, and have established semantics. So not only do I get the benefit of not making mistakes writing loops, but my code is more undertandable to others that might read it down the road (because its using well established names from popular, well documented libraries rather than reinventing the wheel)

jen

05/04/2020, 10:57 PM

Gotcha. I'll look into that. I'm old school and so set in my ways....hah.

jen

05/04/2020, 10:57 PM

Thank you.

stalbert

05/04/2020, 11:11 PM

heh, I hear ya. I'm super old school but for me the only way to keep it all tolerable is to constantly try and find less painful ways to do things 🙂

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