keep the darkside away: practical functional mixins for lodash/fp to make code more readable, maintainable & composable

Warning: Experimental

Philosophy

1. functional programming in javascript has 2 categories: the good stuff..and there's the other stuff :)
2. _.flow and _.compose is good stuff
3. composition of promises and functions should be hasslefree
4. nested ifs/elses and early function returns, invite powers of dark side (see anti-if-campaign)

So..what does code looks like when using this library?

engine.getOrCreateUser   = _.flow( 
                               _.either( engine.getUser, engine.createUser ), 
                               _.maybe( _.log("user ok") )
                           )

engine.init              = _.flow(
                               _.when( getOrCreateUser,     _.lensOver( 'user', getOrCreateUser ) ), 
                               _.when( engine.isInited,     _.lensOver('inited', => true) ), 
                               _.when( engine.isNotInited,  _.error("something went wrong") ),
                           )

engine.init( _.clone(engine) ) 

see full example here

Functions

_.either(a, b)

this will execute function b only when function a returns false/null/undefined

example: _.either(getUserByEmail,createUserEmail)("foo@gmail.com")

_.maybe(fn)

this will execute function fn only when there's input. this comes in handy when its unsure whether the previous function was succesful in a chain/flow/composed function.(){}

example: .flow( getOrCreateUser, maybe(.log("user ok")) )

_.when(f, g)

hipster if statement, only execute function g when function f does not return null/false/undefined

example: _.when( _.isString, console.log )("foo")

_.flow( mixed_array_of_promises_and_functions )

improved version of _.flow, which also supports automatic resolving of promises

example: _.flow( new Promise(.....), alert )("foo@gmail.com")

_.lensOver(path, fn)

lens over allows i/o for a nested property

example: var updateBar = _.flow( -> 123, _.log ) _.lensOver( "foo.bar", updateBar )({foo:{bar:0}}) // sets 'foo.bar' to 123 (and prints in console)

_.template_es6(es6_template)

simple es6 templates for in the browser

example: _.template_es6('${foo}', {foo:"bar"}) // outputs 'bar'

_.prefix(prefix, fn)

simple way to prefix a function which outputs a string

example: _.error = _.prefix("error: ", _.log)

_.postfix(postfix, fn)

simple way to postfix a function which outputs a string

example: _.flow( _.get('.length'), _.prefix("items", _.log) )([1, 2, 3])

_.log(str)

simple log function (which forwards input to output)

example: _.flow( doFoo, _log, doBar )({input:"foo"})

_.error(str)

simple error function (which forwards input to output)

example: _.when( !hasFoo, _.prefix("something went wrong:", _error ) )({input:"foo"})

_.trigger(fn)

trigger simply executes a function OR promise, but forwards original input as output. this comes in handy when you don't want to break a flow/chain

example: _.flow( doSomethingWithInput, _.trigger( alert ), doSomethingElseWithInput )({foo:"bar"})

_.mapAsync(arr, done, cb)

calls cb(data, next) for each element in arr, and continues loop based on next()-calls (last element propagates done()). Perfect to iterate over an array synchronously, while performing async operations inbetween the elements.

example: _.mapAsync([1, 2, 3], alert, (data, next) => next() )