chutils

Ever find yourself feeling repetitive, a bit of the coding déjà blues? While your mind may be momentarily suffering from a relapse, your fingers don't have to with these utility function designed to win back some "me" time.

Version

2.0.0

Utility List (thus far)

type

1. shouldBe: get the "working" variable type (Thanks to Angus )

const { type: { shouldBe } } = require('chutils')
 
typeof null // "object"
shouldBe(null) // "null"
 
typeof [] // "object"
shouldBe([]) // "array"
 
typeof new Promise(success=>{},error=>{}) // "object"
shouldBe new Promise(success=>{},error=>{}) // "promise"

safe

1. assign: safely assign deeply-nested properties

const { safe: { assign } } = require('chutils')
 
let obj = { package: 'chutils'}
 
obj = assign(obj, 'deeply.nested.layer', 'hi');
 
/*
obj = {
  package: 'chutils',
  deeply: {
    nested: {
      layer: 'hi' 
    }
  }
} 
*/

1. get: safely get deeply-nested properties

const { safe: { get } } = require('chutils')
 
const obj = {
  package: 'chutils',
  deeply: {
    nested: {
      layer: 'hi' 
    }
  }
} 
 
get(obj,'deeply.nested.layer') // 'hi'
 
// even with different object notations
get(obj,'deeply["nested"].layer') // 'hi'
 
// no more TypeError accessing properties of undefined
obj.imaginary.layer // TypeError: Cannot read property 'imaginary' of undefined
get(obj,'imaginary.layer') // undefined

compare

1. value: safely compare deeply-nested property value (strict comparision)

const { compare: { value } } = require('chutils')
 
const obj = {
  package: 'chutils',
  deeply: {
    nested: {
      layer: 'hi' 
    }
  }
} 
 
value(obj,'deeply.nested.layer','hi') // true
 
// even with different object notations
value(obj,'deeply["nested"].layer', 'hi') // true
 
// no more TypeError accessing properties of undefined
obj.imaginary.layer // TypeError: Cannot read property 'imaginary' of undefined
value(obj,'imaginary.layer', 'exist') // false

1. shouldBe: safely compare deeply-nested property value to it's type.shouldBe value

const { compare: { shouldBe } } = require('chutils')
 
const obj = {
  package: 'chutils',
  deeply: {
    nested: {
      layer: 'hi',
      arr: [1,2,3]
    }
  },
  promiseObj: Promise.resolve()
} 
 
shouldBe(obj, 'deeply.nested["arr"]','array') // true
shouldBe(obj, 'promiseObj', 'promise') // true

async

1. dePromisify: unwraps an ES6 Promise to its nostalgic error-first callback form

const { async: { dePromisify } } = require('chutils')
const bluebird = require('bluebird')
 
const fs = require('fs')
const readFileAsync = bluebird.promisify(fs.readFile)
const readFileCB = dePromisify(readFileAsync)
readFileCB('someText.txt', function(err,data){
  if(err) err
  else console.log(data) // some data here
})
 

1. dePromisifyAll: iterates through an object's enumerable properties and dePromisifies the functions

const { async: { dePromisifyAll } } = require('chutils')
const bluebird = require('bluebird')
 
let fs = bluebird.promisifyAll(require('fs'))
fs = dePromisifyAll(fs)
 
fs.readFileCB('someText.txt', function(err,data){
  if(err) err
  else console.log(data) // some data here
})

1. promisify: wraps an error-first callback function into an ES6 Promise

const { async: { promisify } } = require('chutils')
const fs = require('fs')
 
const readFileAsync = promisify(fs.readFile)
readFileAsync('someText.txt')
.then(data=>{
  console.log(data) // some data here
})
 

1. promisifyAll: iterates through an object's enumerable properties and promisifies the functions

const { async: { promisifyAll } } = require('chutils')
const fs = promisifyAll(require('fs'))
 
fs.readFileAsync('someText.txt')
.then(data=>{
  console.log(data) // some data here
})
 

Installation

Native ES6 Promises is required therefore Node v4.2.4+

$ npm i chutils

Testing

$ npm i chutils
$ cd ./node_modules/chutils
$ npm i
$ npm run test

License

MIT