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In today's article, we will cover a few essential JavaScript Array Methods which are absolutely essential in one's journey to becoming an advanced level JS dev. Here goes:
Push | Pop | Shift | Unshift
Well, most of us are aware of the Javascript push() method, but there are also the not so well known pop(), shift(), and unshift() methods as well. Check those out in under a minute:
Reduce
Next up is the reduce method. I have seen several developers abuse logic and invent their own algorithms with new variables in order to accomplish something that could be done with a simple reduce() call. Make sure you know this one:
Includes
Instead of checking for the index of a particular item and checking if it is equal to -1 or not, next time around you could use the inbuilt includes() method that does just the job:
Find
Same is the case with find. Instead of looping over all the array items and then manually comparing each one of them with the one to be found, use the find() method and spend the time saved on that on some video games if you like:
Filter
And lastly the filter function. I have seen code wherein a new empty array is created, and then the main array is looped over and checked for a condition while adding to the new array if the condition satisfies. Trust me, the filter() method is a lifesaver:
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nice article. i made some videos as well and would like to include it here for more optional references on the topic.