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JoelBonetR 🥇 on May 09, 2022

Which functions/methods do you copy from a project to another or re-code just to have them in some utils.js or utils.ts?

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Daniel Fyhr • May 9 '22

This little snippet to sleep

const delay = (ms) => new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, ms));
await delay(1000);

JoelBonetR 🥇 • May 9 '22

I'm afraid to ask where you need this one 😂😂

Daniel Fyhr • May 9 '22

I've used it for polling. And... Sometimes you got to do what you got to do 😂

JoelBonetR 🥇 • May 9 '22

Hahaha no judgements. Still I let you some polling thingy I had here that may be more suitable:

const poll = async ({ fn, validate, interval, maxAttempts }) => {
  let attempts = 0;

  const executePoll = async (resolve, reject) => {
    const result = await fn();
    attempts++;

    if (validate(result)) {
      return resolve(result);
    } else if (maxAttempts && attempts === maxAttempts) {
      return reject(new Error('Exceeded max attempts'));
    } else {
      setTimeout(executePoll, interval, resolve, reject);
    }
  };

  return new Promise(executePoll);
};

poll function is a higher-order function that returns a function, executePoll.

executePoll function returns a promise and will run recursively until the condition is met.

Args explained:

fn: an API request (or another async thingy that suits for this polling).

validate: Test function to see if the data matches what we want, in which case it will end the poll.

interval: To specify how much it wait between poll requests.

maxAttempts: how many tries before throwing an error.

😁

Rishad Omar • May 10 '22

I couldn't sleep last night and read this comment at 3am. Coincidentally, today, I needed this poll. Works great in my usEffect().
The only thing that caught me is that the parameters to the above poll function are in a class, instead of individual parameters.
Thanks for the code!

JoelBonetR 🥇 • May 10 '22

Didn't get the meaning of the sentence "The only thing that caught me is that the parameters to the above poll function are in a class, instead of individual parameters." still glad to see it helped you 😁

lionel-rowe • May 10 '22

Here are a few of the more generally useful ones:

const isSameOrigin = (url: string) =>
    new URL(url, window.location.href).origin === window.location.origin

const isTouchDevice = window.matchMedia('(pointer: coarse)').matches
const isMobile = navigator.userAgent.includes('Mobi')

const capitalize = (str: string) => str.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + str.slice(1)

const decodeBase64 = (base64: string) =>
    new TextDecoder().decode(new Uint8Array(atob(base64).split('').map((char) => char.charCodeAt(0))))

const encodeBase64 = (str: string) =>
    btoa(Array.from(new TextEncoder().encode(str))
        .map((n) => String.fromCharCode(n))
        .join(''))

const xor = (...args: any[]) =>
    args.filter(Boolean).length === 1

JoelBonetR 🥇 • May 10 '22

Those are currently very useful ones!

I've a slightly different base64encode one

/**
 * encodes a file into base64
 * @param {import('fs').PathOrFileDescriptor} fileOrigin
 * @returns {string}
 */
function base64_encode(fileOrigin) {
  /** @type {Buffer} */
  const file = fs.readFileSync(fileOrigin);
  return Buffer.from(file).toString('base64');
}

I'll check the differences later 😁

Livio Brunner • May 10 '22 • Edited

The base64 functions from @lionel-rowe are compatible with (most) browser. The fs module is only available in Node.js :)

JoelBonetR 🥇 • May 10 '22 • Edited

Of course but what I want to check is the details on what's happening on this TextDecoder(), it's decode method and also the reason for it to use an array of 8-bit unsigned integers 😂

lionel-rowe • May 10 '22

TextEncoder and TextDecoder convert strings to and from their equivalent UTF-8 bytes. So for example, new TextEncoder().encode('foo 福 🧧') gives Uint8Array [102, 111, 111, 32, 231, 166, 143, 32, 240, 159, 167, 167], where bytes 0..2 represent the 3 ASCII characters "foo", 4..6 represent the single 3-byte character "福", and 8..11 represent the single 4-byte character "🧧" (3 and 7 are spaces).

JoelBonetR 🥇 • May 10 '22

Thanks you for the explanation! 😁

Ben Halpern • May 9 '22

I have an informal stash of useful regexes I copy and paste as needed. Informal meaning it's not quite organized enough for me to cleanly list them here, but it's sort of a system I have that has evolved naturally.

JoelBonetR 🥇 • May 9 '22

So this kind of things that are informal till you make a repo out of it because you've used it in like 30 projects and it has been standarized in some sort across your software😂

official_dulin • May 10 '22

utils/ts-utility-types.ts:

export type PartialBy<T, K extends keyof T> = Omit<T, K> & Partial<Pick<T, K>>;

export type MaybeNull<T> = T | null;
export type MaybeUndefined<T> = T | undefined;
export type MaybeNil<T> = T | null | undefined;

export type AsyncFn = (...args: any[]) => Promise<any>;
export type AnyFn = (...args: any[]) => any;
export type UnboxPromise<T extends Promise<any>> = T extends Promise<infer U> ? U : never;

export type Nullable<T> = {
  [P in keyof T]: MaybeNull<T[P]>;
};
export type NullableBy<T, K extends keyof T> = Omit<T, K> & Nullable<Pick<T, K>>;

export type DistributedArray<U> = U extends any ? U[] : never;

/**
 * type ID = string | number;
 * type T0 = ID[];
 * type T1 = DistributedArray<ID>;
 * type EQ1 = IfEquals<T0, T1, 'same', 'different'>;  // different
 */
export type IfEquals<T, U, Y = unknown, N = never> = (<G>() => G extends T ? 1 : 2) extends <G>() => G extends U ? 1 : 2 ? Y : N;

export type Optional<T, K extends keyof T> = Pick<Partial<T>, K> & Omit<T, K>;

export type ValueOf<T> = T[keyof T];

JoelBonetR 🥇 • May 10 '22

C'mon show us some functions 🤣🤣

I'm not sure about those TypeDefs honestly, I think it's better to have an inline, let's say:

const foo: string | null = 'whatever';

so it's more clear for everyone than saying

const foo: MaybeNull<string> = 'whatever';

but to keep the honesty in this comment, this is opinionated and I may be wrong 😅

Ben Sinclair • May 9 '22 • Edited

I don't really have snippets I reuse. I might occasionally pinch a function from another project, but there's nothing I can think of that would be worth a snippet, and I've never really remembered to use them when I've tried.

I do have these vim mappings for older PHP projects which don't have much in the way of development tools:

autocmd FileType php nnoremap <buffer> <leader>dump Oheader('X-XSS-Protection:0');ob_get_clean(); echo '<pre>'; var_dump([]); echo '</pre>'; die(__FILE__ . ':' . __LINE__);<esc>F[a
autocmd FileType php nnoremap <buffer> <leader>args Oheader('X-XSS-Protection:0');ob_get_clean(); echo '<pre>'; var_dump(func_get_args()); echo '</pre>'; die(__FILE__ . ':' . __LINE__);<esc>F[a
autocmd FileType php nnoremap <buffer> <leader>back Oheader('X-XSS-Protection:0');ob_get_clean(); echo '<pre>'; foreach (debug_backtrace() as $d) { echo $d['file'] . ':' . $d['line'] . ' ' . $d['function'] . "()\n"; } echo '</pre>'; d  ie(__FILE__ . ':' . __LINE__);<esc>^

They'll let me paste in a variable dump with my cursor positioned where I need to put in the thing to debug, or a generic stack trace. They also cope with frameworks that do tricky things with output buffering.

That's about it.

Alessandro Cipolletti • May 20 '22 • Edited

😂 I was recently wondering why should I keep doing that for every new project idea, so I made a ts npm package to just import my own code everywhere.

Take a look if you want: npmjs.com/package/js-math-and-ui-u...

I work a lot with animations and free-hand user input so one often use is getQuadraticBezierCurvePointAtTime:

Siddhartha Sarkar • May 10 '22

This is one I made and using across many projects.

/**
 * Takes full name and converts into initials
 * @param {string} string full name of user e.g John Doe
 * @returns initials e.g JD
 */
const getInitials = (string = '') =>
  string
    .split(' ')
    .map(([firstLetter]) => firstLetter)
    .filter((_, index, array) => index === 0 || index === array.length - 1)
    .join('')
    .toUpperCase()

JoelBonetR 🥇 • May 10 '22 • Edited

It seems a bit overcomplicated to me, I'd do something like:

const getInitials = (str = '') =>  str.split(' ').map( part => part.charAt(0).toUpperCase()).join('');

I think it does the same but... Am I missing something maybe? Probably some use case that is not in my mind 😅

Kamil Trusiak • May 10 '22

For input like Mary Jane Watson, your function returns MJW, and his returns MW.
It's common practice to use only two letters as initials on avatars (eu.ui-avatars.com/api/?name=Mary+J...)

JoelBonetR 🥇 • May 10 '22 • Edited

That was one of my first thoughts but initials depend on the country, so my name is Joel Bonet Rxxxxx, being Joel my name and Bonet + Rxxxxx my two surnames.
So in this case I'll be JR with this approach which in my country and according to my culture or what is reasonable, it should be JB. (first character of the name + first character of the surname).

That's the main reason for getting separate fields for name and surname/s.

So your name can be "Mary Jane Linda" and your surnames can be "Lee Bonet".

const initials = `${user.name.charAt(0).toUpperCase()}${user.surname.charAt(0).toUpperCase()}`;

and still getting ML as initials which would be the most correct output as far as I can tell.

KevinLeeBuchan • May 13 '22

Here I am enjoying all the great, open conversations about programming and now I learn something about other cultures too. #Winning

Siddhartha Sarkar • May 10 '22

You must restrict your initials to some letter count either one or two, see your initial from the above fn will grow with no. of words in a name which is not favourable to be called 'initials'

And yes my country surnames is at last so picking the last one in my code 😅

Bram Hammer • May 9 '22

Depends on the type of project.
For react websites I have a blocker (loading animation, waiter) which is 80% universal, maybe add a custom (s)css to style it.

I also keep a standard react-table setup that adds a layer upon react-table fixing the issues it has in typescript (types aren't extended when a function is added,)

P.S. Napier • May 9 '22 • Edited

I have an rng function that returns a random number between 1-x, and a randomizer function that returns a random item from an array-- the latter is probably used even more than the former!

I also set up a janky function to populate complicated dropdown menus based on arrays and nested arrays (element ID, array, dropdown type). I've ended up reusing it much more than anticipated, so should probably refactor it, ha.

JoelBonetR 🥇 • May 9 '22

We all have those TODO: Refactor this function/method at the bottom of our TODO list 😂

Efraim Jerszurki • May 9 '22

I have a framer motion animations file whith all pre coded I just need to import to the new project, thinking about to turn it into a Npm package, so it will be even easier to import

Mangor1no • May 9 '22

Can you share it with us? Framer motion is a great package tho

Efraim Jerszurki • May 9 '22

@mangor1no I have to implement it, and for sure I will, and it will be open for contributions too

JoelBonetR 🥇 • May 9 '22 • Edited

That's a great thing to do! (and usually pretty convenient).

I just did it yesterday with this thing here. Got 200 downloads the first day so I guess others found it useful 😅

I'll need to wait till next Sunday for the weekly stats to update

Mahmoud Harmouch • May 9 '22

The rafce shortcut is a life-saver.

Samantha Atkins • May 9 '22

I would rather build a reusable library and make it available to anyone that finds it useful.

Arun Kumar • May 10 '22

let callApi=(path) => fetch(path).then(response => response.json())

JoelBonetR 🥇 • May 10 '22

This will work just for GET requests without authentication, let me do a little tweak on it by just adding an optional "options" parameter 😁

services/api/utils.js

const requestBuilder = (path, options) => fetch(path, options).then(response => response.json()).catch(error => error)

now you can perform any HTTP verb request on a new layer of functions like

PUT example (POST will look mostly the same):
services/api/users.js:

const updateUser = (user) => requestBuilder( Process.env.API_URL, {  
  method: 'PUT',
  body: JSON.stringify(user),
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    Authorization: getToken(),
  },
}).then( result => result);

Working example

You can try it in your browser terminal right now:

services/api/pokemon.js:

const getPokemonByName = (pokemon) =>requestBuilder(`https://pokeapi.co/api/v2/pokemon/${pokemon}`, { method: 'GET' })

usage:

getPokemonByName('ditto')

Siddhartha Sarkar • May 10 '22

This is my favourite one and universal too:

/**
 * Global network request handler
 * @param {RequestInfo} url url to fetch
 * @param {RequestInit=} options fetch options
 * @returns json response
 */
const processFetchRequest = async (url, options) => {
  const ts = Date.now();
  const method = options?.method || 'GET';
  const endpoint = url.match(
    /((?!\S+\s)?\S*[/].*?(?:\S+\s)?\S*[/])([\s\S]*)/,
  )[2];

  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  console.log(`${method}${response.status}: ${Date.now() - ts}ms /${endpoint}`);

  if (response.ok) {
    return response.json();
  }
  throw response.json();
};

export default processFetchRequest;

Jesús Gómez • May 11 '22

The identity function in any language that doesn't have it.

Andrew Baisden • May 9 '22

I have a function that I use for Mock API Calls that gets reused a lot.

Vladimir Ivakhnenko • May 10 '22

Function for prevent using try catch in all async await calls

type Result<DataType> = [
    Error | undefined,
    DataType | undefined
];

export const to = <DataType = any>(
    promise: Promise<DataType>
): Promise<Result<DataType>> => promise
    .then((data) => ([undefined, data]) as Result<DataType>)
    .catch((err: Error) => ([err, undefined]) as Result<DataType>);

and use it like this

const [data, error] = await to(fetchData());

if (error) {
   console.error(error);
   return;
}

console.log(data);

Andrii Fedyk • May 11 '22

to - funny name. I use similar helper, but I call it go. Here my recent post about it dev.to/fedyk/golang-errors-handing...

function go<T>(promise: T) {
  return Promise.resolve(promise)
    .then(result => [null, result] as const)
    .catch(err => [err, null] as const)
}

KevinLeeBuchan • May 13 '22

You should do a post on this. I use JavaScript all the time but I'm seeing syntax I'm not familiar with. I feel like I'm peeking through a window from a room I didn't know I was stuck in.

JoelBonetR 🥇 • May 13 '22 • Edited

😂 Both @c_basso and @fedyk solutions are coded in TS that can be the cause of your confusion @kevinleebuchan, here's a JS translation (guys correct me if I miss something)

/**
 * Handles promise resolution
 * @param {Promise} promise
 * @returns {any}
 */
export const go = (promise) =>
  Promise.resolve(promise)
    .then((result) => [result, null])
    .catch((error) => [null, error]);

Usage example:

/** Retrieves Ditto data */
const getDitto = async () => {
  const [result, error] = await go(fetch('https://pokeapi.co/api/v2/pokemon/ditto'));

  if (error) console.error(error);
  else console.log(await result.json());
};

await getDitto();

Note that the return value of the go function is always an array with two positions, the first one intended to be a successful result, the second one reserved for the error so in case it succeeds it sends [result, null] and in case it fails it sends back [null, error], this may help to understanding:

const [result, error] = ['Success!', null];

result; // 'Success!'
error; // null

Hope it helps! 😁

Himanshupal0001 • May 11 '22

I see very experienced coders here. It would be great if anyone could guide me with my little project.🥲

Real AI • Sep 27 '22

none, I publish my standard library to public repos and import it.