In this article we will explore top fundamental Javascript concepts necessary to know in order to have an effective first learning cycle of React / React Native

map() & filter()
slice() & splice()
concat()
find() & findIndex()
destructuring
rest & spread operator
promises

map and filter

Both are array methods and both return a new array when applying Filter additionally eliminates items that don't match

map:

const Data =[
    {id: '1',title: "car"},
    {id: '2',title: "bus"},
    {id: '3',title: "plane"},
    {id: '4',title: "train"},
    {id: '5',title: "ship"},
]

const upperData = Data.map(element => element.title.toUpperCase());
console.log(upperData)

Output:
['CAR', 'BUS', 'PLANE', 'TRAIN', 'SHIP']

filter:

const Data =[
    {id: '1',title: "car"},
    {id: '2',title: "bus"},
    {id: '3',title: "plane"},
    {id: '4',title: "train"},
    {id: '5',title: "ship"},
]

const filterData = Data.filter(element => element.id %2 === 0);
console.log(filterData)

Output:
[ { id: '2', title: 'bus' }, { id: '4', title: 'train' } ]

slice and splice

Method returns a new array with selected elements, while splice method changes the contents of an existing array

splice:

const Data =[
    'Car',
    'Bus',
    'Helicopter',
    'Train'
]

const CopyArray = [...Data]

CopyArray.splice(0,1)
console.log(CopyArray)

Output:
['Bus', 'Helicopter', 'Train']

const Data =[
    'Car',
    'Bus',
    'Helicopter',
    'Train'
]

const CopyArray = [...Data]

CopyArray.splice(CopyArray.length,1,"Plane")
console.log(CopyArray)

Output:
['Car', 'Bus', 'Helicopter', 'Train', 'Plane']

slice:

const Data =[
    'Car',
    'Bus',
    'Helicopter',
    'Train'
]

const CopyArray = [...Data]

const newArray = CopyArray.slice(0,2)
console.log(newArray)
console.log(Data)

Output:
['Car', 'Bus']
['Car', 'Bus', 'Helicopter', 'Train']

concat

This method returns a new array of merging two or more arrays

concat:

const array1 = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
const array2 = [6, 7, 8, 9, 10];
const array3 = [11, 12, 13, 14, 15];

const mergeArray = array1.concat(array2, array3);

console.log(mergeArray);

Output:
[
   1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,
   7,  8,  9, 10, 11, 12,
  13, 14, 15
]

find and findIndex

The find method returns the first element that satisfies the condition, while findIndex returns the index of that element

findIndex:

const data = [
  { id: 1, title: "first" },
  { id: 2, title: "second" },
  { id: 3, title: "third" },
  { id: 4, title: "fourth" },
];

const itemIndex = data.findIndex((element) => element.id === 3);
console.log(itemIndex);

Ouput:
2

find:

const data = [
  { id: 1, title: "first" },
  { id: 2, title: "second" },
  { id: 3, title: "third" },
  { id: 4, title: "fourth" },
];

const item = data.find((element) => element.id === 3);
console.log(item);

Output:
{ id: 3, title: 'third' }

destructuring

The destructuring assignment is a special syntax which enables unpacking (assign) value from arrays or object properties directly into variables

const name = ["jack", "pritom"];

const [firstName, lastName] = name;

console.log(firstName, lastName);

Output:
jack pritom

const data = {
  id: 1,
  name: "jack pritom",
  loveMusic: true,
  species: "human",
};

const { name: dataName, species, ...rest } = data;

console.log(dataName);
console.group(species);
console.group(rest);

Output:
jack pritom
human
{ id: 1, loveMusic: true }

rest & spread operator

Rest parameter enables us to pass unspecified number of parameters to a function which will be placed into array, while the spread operator enables us to spread the content of a iterable(i.e. array) into individual elements

Spread:

const introduction = ["my", "name", "is", "jack"];

const copyArr = [...introduction];
console.log(copyArr);
console.log(...copyArr);

Output:
[ 'my', 'name', 'is', 'jack' ]
my name is jack

Rest:

const getSize = (...args) => {
  return args.length;
};

console.log(getSize(1, 2, 3));
console.log(getSize(10, 20, 30, 100));

Output:
3
4

promises

In simple terms promises are used to handle asynchronous operations. Each promise can end as a success or failure having 3 possible statuses: pending, fulfilled or rejected. In the example below we handle promises with async await syntax while fetching data from API

const fetchData = async () => {
  try {
    const response = await fetch("https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/todos/");

    if (!response.ok) throw new Error(response.status);
    const result = await response.json();
    return result;
  } catch (e) {
    console.log(e);
  }
};

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