Lodash useful helper functions that we should use from today.

_.attempt.js

// Using try-catch to handle the JSON.parse error
function parse(str){
    try {
        return JSON.parse(str);
    }

    catch(e) {
        return false;
    }
}

// With Lodash
function parseLodash(str){
    return _.attempt(JSON.parse.bind(null, str));
}

parse('a'); // false
parseLodash('a'); // Return an error object

parse('{"name": "colin"}'); // Return {"name": "colin"}
parseLodash('{"name": "colin"}'); // Return {"name": "colin"}

_.map.js

///////////////////////////////////////
// Loop through a collection and return a deeply-nested property from each item
///////////////////////////////////////

// Fetch the name of the first pet from each owner
var ownerArr = [{
    "owner": "Colin",
    "pets": [{"name":"dog1"}, {"name": "dog2"}]
}, {
    "owner": "John",
    "pets": [{"name":"dog3"}, {"name": "dog4"}]
}];

// Array's map method.
ownerArr.map(function(owner){
   return owner.pets[0].name;
});

// Lodash
_.map(ownerArr, 'pets[0].name');

_.omit.js

// Naive method: Remove an array of keys from object
Object.prototype.remove = function(arr) {
    var that = this;
    arr.forEach(function(key){
        delete(that[key]);
    });
};

var objA = {"name": "colin", "car": "suzuki", "age": 17};

objA.remove(['car', 'age']);
objA; // {"name": "colin"}

// Lodash
objA = _.omit(objA, ['car', 'age']); // {"name": "colin"}


////////////////////
// more usecase
////////////////////

var objA = {"name": "colin", "car": "suzuki", "age": 17};

// Lodash
objA = _.omit(objA, 'car'); // {"name": "colin", "age": 17};
objA = _.omit(objA, _.isNumber); // {"name": "colin"};
Once 

_.pick.js

// Naive method: Returning a new object with selected properties 
Object.prototype.pick = function(arr) {
    var _this = this;
    var obj = {};
    arr.forEach(function(key){
        obj[key] = _this[key];
    });

    return obj;
};

var objA = {"name": "colin", "car": "suzuki", "age": 17};

var objB = objA.pick(['car', 'age']);
// {"car": "suzuki", "age": 17}

// Lodash
var objB = _.pick(objA, ['car', 'age']);
// {"car": "suzuki", "age": 17}

_.random.js

// Get a random number between 15 and 20.

// Naive utility method
function getRandomNumber(min, max){
    return Math.floor(Math.random() * (max - min + 1)) + min;
}

getRandomNumber(15, 20);

// Lodash
_.random(15, 20);

_.sample.js

var luckyDraw = ["Colin", "John", "James", "Lily", "Mary"];

function pickRandomPerson(luckyDraw){
    var index = Math.floor(Math.random() * (luckyDraw.length));
    return luckyDraw[index];
}

pickRandomPerson(luckyDraw); // John

// Lodash
_.sample(luckyDraw); // Colin

/////////// multiple random item

var luckyDraw = ["Colin", "John", "James", "Lily", "Mary"];

// Lodash - Getting 2 random item
_.sample(luckyDraw, 2); // ['John','Lily']

_assign.js

// Adding extend function to Object.prototype
Object.prototype.extend = function(obj) {
    for (var i in obj) {
        if (obj.hasOwnProperty(i)) {
            this[i] = obj[i];
        }
    }
};

var objA = {"name": "colin", "car": "suzuki"};
var objB = {"name": "james", "age": 17};

objA.extend(objB);
objA; // {"name": "james", "age": 17, "car": "suzuki"};

// Lodash
_.assign(objA, objB);


////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Extending multiple objects
////////////////////////////////////////////////

var objA = {"name": "colin", "car": "suzuki"};
var objB = {"name": "james", "age": 17};
var objC = {"pet": "dog"};

// Lodash
_.assign(objA, objB, objC)
// {"name": "james", "car": "suzuki", "age": 17, "pet": "dog"}

_times.js

/////////////////////
// 1. Loop for N times
////////////////////



// 1. Basic for loop.
for(var i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
    // ....
}

// 2. Using Array's join and split methods
Array.apply(null, Array(5)).forEach(function(){
    // ...
});

// Lodash
_.times(5, function(){
    // ...
});



/////////////////////////////////////////////////
// 2. Create an array of N size and populate them with unique values of the same prefix
/////////////////////////////////////////////////

// Create an array of length 6 and populate them with unique values. The value must be prefix with "ball_".
// eg. [ball_0, ball_1, ball_2, ball_3, ball_4, ball_5]

// Array's map method.
Array.apply(null, Array(6)).map(function(item, index){
    return "ball_" + index;
});


// Lodash
_.times(6, _.uniqueId.bind(null, 'ball_'));

// GET rid of the .bind(null, ...)
_.times(6, _.partial(_.uniqueId, 'ball_'));