JavaScript hacks for ES6 hipsters

Following the original JavaScript hacks for hipsters, here’s some new goodies. Coding JavaScript in 2018 is actually fun again!

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Hipster Hack #1 — Swap variables

Using Array Destructuring to swap values

let a = 'world', b = 'hello'[a, b] = [b, a]console.log(a) // -> helloconsole.log(b) // -> world

// Yes, it's magic

Hipster Hack #2 — Async/Await with Destructuring

Once again, Array Destructuring is great. Combined with async/await and promises to make a complex flow — simple.

const [user, account] = await Promise.all([fetch('/user'),fetch('/account')])

Hipster Hack #3 — Debugging

For anyone who likes to debug using console.logs, here’s something awesome (and yes, I heard of console.table):

const a = 5, b = 6, c = 7console.log({ a, b, c })

// outputs this nice object:// {// a: 5,// b: 6,// c: 7// }

Hipster Hack #4 — One liners

Syntax can be so much more compact for array operations

// Find max valueconst max = (arr) => Math.max(...arr);max([123, 321, 32]) // outputs: 321

// Sum arrayconst sum = (arr) => arr.reduce((a, b) => (a + b), 0)sum([1, 2, 3, 4]) // output: 10

Hipster Hack #5 — Array concatenation

The spread operator can be used instead of concat:

const one = ['a', 'b', 'c']const two = ['d', 'e', 'f']const three = ['g', 'h', 'i']

// Old way #1const result = one.concat(two, three)

// Old way #2const result = [].concat(one, two, three)

// Newconst result = [...one, ...two, ...three]

Hipster Hack #6 — Cloning

Clone arrays and objects with ease:

const obj = { ...oldObj }const arr = [ ...oldArr ]

Update: As mentioned in the comments — this is a shallow clone.

Hipster Hack #7 — Named parameters

Making function and function calls more readable with destructuring:

const getStuffNotBad = (id, force, verbose) => {...do stuff}const getStuffAwesome = ({ id, name, force, verbose }) => {...do stuff}

// Somewhere else in the codebase... WTF is true, true?getStuffNotBad(150, true, true)

// Somewhere else in the codebase... I ❤ JS!!!getStuffAwesome({ id: 150, force: true, verbose: true })

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