kotlinify-ts

Transform 1000 lines of imperative TypeScript into 100 lines of elegant, functional code.

The Problem You Face Every Day

// ❌ Without kotlinify: Verbose, error-prone, imperative
const users = await fetchUsers();
const activeUsers = [];
for (const user of users) {
  if (user.isActive) {
    const profile = await fetchProfile(user.id);
    if (profile && profile.score > 80) {
      activeUsers.push({
        ...user,
        profile,
        displayName: user.name.toUpperCase()
      });
    }
  }
  if (activeUsers.length >= 10) break; // Early termination buried in logic
}

The Solution That Changes Everything

// ✅ With kotlinify: Clean, functional, performant
import { asSequence } from 'kotlinify-ts';

const activeUsers = await asSequence(await fetchUsers())
  .filter(user => user.isActive)
  .map(async user => ({
    ...user,
    profile: await fetchProfile(user.id),
    displayName: user.name.toUpperCase()
  }))
  .filter(user => user.profile?.score > 80)
  .take(10)  // 22,500× faster than array methods with early termination
  .toArray();

Installation

npm install kotlinify-ts
# or
yarn add kotlinify-ts

Why Your Team Needs This

🚀 Sequences: 22,500× Faster Than Arrays

Arrays process everything. Sequences stop when they have enough:

import { asSequence } from 'kotlinify-ts';

// Finding first valid config in 10,000 items
// ❌ Array: 443ms - processes all 10,000 items
const configArray = configs
  .map(c => parseConfig(c))     // Parses all 10,000
  .filter(c => c.valid)          // Filters all 10,000
  .find(c => c.priority === 1);  // Finally finds the first

// ✅ Sequence: 0.02ms - stops at first match
const configSeq = asSequence(configs)
  .map(c => parseConfig(c))      // Parses only until match
  .filter(c => c.valid)           // Filters only parsed items
  .find(c => c.priority === 1);  // Stops immediately when found

🎯 Scope Functions: Write What You Mean

Stop juggling temporary variables. Express intent directly:

import { asScope } from 'kotlinify-ts';

// Transform deeply nested API responses
const displayData = asScope(apiResponse)
  .let(r => r.data.user)
  .let(u => u.profile)
  .also(p => analytics.track('profile_viewed', p.id))
  .let(p => ({
    name: p.displayName,
    avatar: p.images.primary,
    badges: p.achievements.filter(a => a.featured)
  }))
  .value();

// Configure objects without repetition
const server = asScope({} as ServerConfig)
  .apply(s => {
    s.port = process.env.PORT || 3000;
    s.host = '0.0.0.0';
    s.ssl = production;
  })
  .also(s => logger.info('Server configured', s))
  .value();

🌊 Flow: Reactive Streams That Just Work

Handle real-time data with backpressure and cancellation:

import { flowOf, flow } from 'kotlinify-ts';

// Process WebSocket messages with automatic backpressure
const messageFlow = flow(async (emit) => {
  const ws = new WebSocket(url);

  await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
    ws.addEventListener('message', async (event) => {
      await emit(JSON.parse(event.data as string));
    });
    ws.addEventListener('close', () => resolve());
    ws.addEventListener('error', (error) => reject(error as Event));
  });
})
  .filter(msg => msg.type === 'data')
  .map(msg => msg.payload)
  .debounce(100)                         // Wait for 100ms of silence before delivering
  .distinctUntilChanged()
  .retryWhen((error, attempt) => attempt < 3) // Retry failures up to 3 times
  .onEach(data => updateUI(data))
  .catch(err => console.error('Stream error:', err));

await messageFlow.collect(data => saveToDatabase(data));

⚡ Coroutines: Structured Concurrency

Never leak resources or lose errors in concurrent operations:

import { coroutineScope, launch, asyncValue, delay, withTimeout } from 'kotlinify-ts';

// Parallel operations with automatic cancellation
await coroutineScope((scope) => {
  // Launch parallel tasks
  const job1 = scope.launch(() => processDataset1());
  const job2 = scope.launch(() => processDataset2());

  // Start async computation
  const deferred = scope.async(() => calculateMetrics());

  // If any fails, all are cancelled automatically
  await job1.join();
  await job2.join();

  return await deferred.await();
});

// Timeout with automatic cleanup
const result = await withTimeout(5000, () => {
  const data = await fetchData();
  await processData(data);
  return data;
}); // Cancels if not done in 5 seconds

🛡️ Monads: Null-Safe, Error-Safe, Type-Safe

Handle errors and nulls without a single if statement:

import { Result, tryCatch, Success, Failure, Option, fromNullable } from 'kotlinify-ts';

// Chain operations that might fail
const processUser = (id: string): Result<User, Error> =>
  tryCatch(() => fetchUser(id))
    .flatMap(user =>
      user.isActive
        ? Success(user)
        : Failure(new Error('User inactive'))
    )
    .map(user => ({
      ...user,
      lastSeen: new Date()
    }))
    .mapError(err => new AppError('Failed to process user', err));

// Handle with pattern matching
const output = processUser('123').fold(
  error => ({ status: 500, error: error.message }),
  user => ({ status: 200, data: user })
);

// Option for nullable values
const config = fromNullable(process.env.CONFIG)
  .map(c => JSON.parse(c))
  .filter(c => c.version === '2.0')
  .getOrElse(defaultConfig);

📚 Collections: 40+ Operations That Compose

Transform data with powerful, chainable operations:

import { groupBy, associateBy, chunked, windowed, zip, slice } from 'kotlinify-ts';

// Group and analyze - returns Map for type safety
const stats = groupBy(transactions, t => t.category, t => t.amount);
for (const [category, amounts] of stats) {
  console.log(`${category}: ${amounts.reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0)}`);
}

// Associate by key with transform
const userMap = associateBy(
  users,
  u => u.id,
  u => u.profile
);
const profile = userMap.get(123); // Type-safe Map access

// Process in batches with transform
const results = chunked(records, 100, batch => processBatch(batch));

// Sliding windows for time-series
const movingAverage = windowed(
  prices,
  5,           // window size
  1,           // step
  false,       // no partial windows
  window => window.reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0) / window.length
);

// Slice with ranges
const subset = slice(data, { start: 10, endInclusive: 20, step: 2 });

// Combine multiple sources
const combined = zip(userIds, profiles).map(([id, profile]) => ({
  id,
  ...profile
}));

Real-World Example: Data Pipeline

Transform a complex ETL pipeline from 200 lines to 20:

import { asSequence, flowOf, coroutineScope, launch } from 'kotlinify-ts';

async function processDataPipeline(csvPath: string) {
  return await coroutineScope((scope) => {
    // Read and parse CSV lazily
    const records = asSequence(await readCSV(csvPath))
      .map(line => parseCSVLine(line))
      .filter(record => record.valid)
      .distinctBy(r => r.id);

    // Process in parallel batches
    const results = await records
      .chunked(1000)
      .map(batch =>
        launch(scope, () => processBatch(batch))
      )
      .toArray();

    // Wait for all batches
    await Promise.all(results.map(job => job.join()));

    // Stream results to database
    return flowOf(...results)
      .flatMap(r => r.data)
      .buffer(100)
      .onEach(items => saveToDatabase(items))
      .catch(err => handleError(err))
      .toList();
  });
}

Performance Benchmarks

Operation	Array Methods	kotlinify Sequences	Improvement
First match in 10k items	443ms	0.02ms	22,150×
Filter + map (early exit)	89ms	0.3ms	297×
Complex chain (5 operations)	234ms	1.2ms	195×
Full processing (no early exit)	45ms	47ms	Similar

Getting Started in 30 Seconds

import { asSequence, asScope } from 'kotlinify-ts';

// Clean, functional pipelines
const result = await asScope(await fetchData())
  .let(data => data.items)
  .also(items => console.log(`Processing ${items.length} items`))
  .let(items => asSequence(items)
    .filter(item => item.active)
    .map(item => transform(item))
    .take(10)
    .toArray()
  )
  .value();

Full API Documentation

Visit our comprehensive documentation site at kotlinify.dev

Zero Dependencies, Tree-Shakeable

• 0 dependencies - No bloat, no security risks
• < 15kb gzipped - Smaller than most utility functions
• Tree-shakeable - Import only what you use
• TypeScript-first - Full type inference and safety
• ES2015+ - Modern JavaScript, no legacy baggage

Start Writing Better Code Today

npm install kotlinify-ts

Then import what you need:

// Sequences
import { asSequence } from 'kotlinify-ts';

// Scope functions (chainable)
import { asScope } from 'kotlinify-ts';

// Monads already have .let(), .also(), .apply()
import { Result, Option } from 'kotlinify-ts';

// Everything
import * as K from 'kotlinify-ts';

Contributing

We welcome contributions! See CONTRIBUTING.md for details.

License

MIT © m.f.vananen

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