#(unreleased / unfinished. donut use.)

javascript-fu isFu the art of the curious type checker toFu the deadly art of the monkey punch getFu the art of the swift getter dateTimeFu the art of time and space linqFu the forbidden art of querying JSON

what is javascript-fu?

javascript-fu is a martial arts discipline (library) for node.js and the browser. through mastering the art of javascript-fu you will be a nimble, yet powerful JavaScript developer. a true javascript-fu master can avoid the bad parts of javascript with ninja-like agility and perform quick and devastating blows to produce robust, succinct code that covers a myriad of common functionalities.

where did javascript-fu come from?

javascript-fu is the culmination of years of training in the archaic art of javascript. through meticulously studying the following ancient scrolls we have divined the ultimate form of javascript martial arts.

Underscore.js, jQuery.js, date.js, Rails Inflectors, Coldfusion's DateFormat and TimeFormat, Microsoft's LINQ

how do i use javascript-fu?

if you don't like reading documentation, check out the interactive javascript-fu demo

browser

  <script src = "js-fu.js" type = "text/javascript"></script>
  <script>
    var x = fu.isNumber(13); // true
    var x = fu.isDate('07/01/2010'); // true
  </script>

node.js

  var fu = require('./js-fu');
  var x = fu.isNumber(13); // true
  var x = fu.isDate('07/01/2010'); // true

once you have required the js-fu library, you have access to the "fu" object. inside this object you will find ...

the five disciplines of javascript-fu

isFu - the art of the curious type checker

isFu methods will accept anything as an argument and gracefully return true or false depending on if the arguments match the type you have checked for

• isArray
• isBoolean
• isDate
• isDefined
• isEmpty
• isEqual
• isFunction
• isJSON
• isNode
• isNull
• isNumber
• isObject
• isRegExp
• isString
• isText

toFu - the deadly art of the monkey punch

toFu methods will accept anything as an argument and aggressively attempt to coerce the value into the type you have specified

• toCamel
• toChain
• toDash
• toHuman
• toJSON
• toLink
• toMix
• toNumber
• toOrdinal
• toParam
• toPercent
• toPlural
• toReverse
• toShuffle
• toSingle
• toTitle
• toTrim
• toUnderscore
• toWrap

getFu - the art of the swift getter

• getFirst
• getFunctions
• getIndex
• getKeys
• getLast
• getLeft
• getLinks
• getNode
• getRandom
• getRight
• getValues

dateTimeFu - the art of space and time

Try out the interactive demo of Date.format()

dateTimeFu adds a new method "format" to the built in JavaScript Date object

Date.format() takes one argument, a formatting mask
you can use a pre-defined formatting mask or an inline mask. you can also define new re-usable masks

      var now = new Date();
      now.format("shortDate"); // ouputs: 7/1/10
      now.format("mm/dd/yyyy"); // outputs: 07/01/2010

pre-defined dateTime masks

Name	Mask	Example
default	ddd mmm dd yyyy HH:MM:ss	Sat Jun 09 2010 17:46:21
shortDate	m/d/yy	6/9/07
mediumDate	mmm d, yyyy	Jun 9, 2010
longDate	mmmm d, yyyy	June 9, 2010
fullDate	dddd, mmmm d, yyyy	Saturday, June 9, 2010
shortTime	h:MM TT	5:46 PM
mediumTime	h:MM:ss TT	5:46:21 PM
longTime	h:MM:ss TT Z	5:46:21 PM EST
isoDate	yyyy-mm-dd	2010-06-09
isoTime	HH:MM:ss	17:46:21
isoDateTime	yyyy-mm-dd'T'HH:MM:ss	2010-06-09T17:46:21
isoUtcDateTime	UTC:yyyy-mm-dd'T'HH:MM:ss'Z'	2010-06-09T22:46:21Z

custom dateTime masks

Mask	Description
d	Day of the month as digits; no leading zero for single-digit days.
dd	Day of the month as digits; leading zero for single-digit days.
ddd	Day of the week as a three-letter abbreviation.
dddd	Day of the week as its full name.
m	Month as digits; no leading zero for single-digit months.
mm	Month as digits; leading zero for single-digit months.
mmm	Month as a three-letter abbreviation.
mmmm	Month as its full name.
yy	Year as last two digits; leading zero for years less than 10.
yyyy	Year represented by four digits.
h	Hours; no leading zero for single-digit hours (12-hour clock).
hh	Hours; leading zero for single-digit hours (12-hour clock).
H	Hours; no leading zero for single-digit hours (24-hour clock).
HH	Hours; leading zero for single-digit hours (24-hour clock).
M	Minutes; no leading zero for single-digit minutes. Uppercase M unlike CF timeFormat's m to avoid conflict with months.
MM	Minutes; leading zero for single-digit minutes. Uppercase MM unlike CF timeFormat's mm to avoid conflict with months.
s	Seconds; no leading zero for single-digit seconds.
ss	Seconds; leading zero for single-digit seconds.
l or L	Milliseconds. l gives 3 digits. L gives 2 digits.
t	Lowercase, single-character time marker string: a or p. No equivalent in CF.
tt	Lowercase, two-character time marker string: am or pm. No equivalent in CF.
T	Uppercase, single-character time marker string: A or P. Uppercase T unlike CF's t to allow for user-specified casing.
TT	Uppercase, two-character time marker string: AM or PM. Uppercase TT unlike CF's tt to allow for user-specified casing.
Z	US timezone abbreviation, e.g. EST or MDT. With non-US timezones or in the Opera browser, the GMT/UTC offset is returned, e.g. GMT-0500 No equivalent in CF.
o	GMT/UTC timezone offset, e.g. -0500 or +0230. No equivalent in CF.
S	The date's ordinal suffix (st, nd, rd, or th). Works well with d. No equivalent in CF.
'...' or "..."	Literal character sequence. Surrounding quotes are removed. No equivalent in CF.
UTC:	Must be the first four characters of the mask. Converts the date from local time to UTC/GMT/Zulu time before applying the mask. The "UTC:" prefix is removed. No equivalent in CF.

linqFu - the forbidden art of querying JSON with LINQ, liberated from...Microsoft

Try out the interactive demo of JSLINQ
linqFu is adds the JSLINQ project which is a pure javascript implementation of gasp Microsoft's LINQ query language. it's very usefull for quickly querying JSON objects.

simple Select

var sample = fu.linq(sampleData). Select(function (item) {return item.FirstName;}); output: {"items":["Chris","Kate","Josh","John","Steve","Katie","Dirk","Chris","Bernard","Kate"]}

simple Select with OrderBy

     var sample = fu.linq(sampleData).
      Select(function (item) {return item.FirstName;}).
      OrderBy(function (item) {return item;});
     output: {"items":["Bernard","Chris","Chris","Dirk","John","Josh","Kate","Kate","Katie","Steve"]}

simple Where

  var sample = fu.linq(sampleData).Where(function (item) {return item.FirstName == "Chris";});
  output: [
             {"ID":1,"FirstName":"Chris","LastName":"Pearson","BookIDs":[1001,1002,1003]},
             {"ID":8,"FirstName":"Chris","LastName":"Stevenson","BookIDs":[4001,4002,4003]}
            ]

For the Full JSLINQ Demo and API implementation goto @ http://maraksquires.com/JSLINQ/

Authors

Marak Squires, Aaron Blohowiak, Matthew Bergman