Using Lodash in Angular applications

Angular-Lodash.md

Using Lodash in Angular applications

Lodash is a JavaScript library that helps programmers deal with all types of object.

Tested on

• Angular: 7.0.3
• Node: 8.10.0
• Typescript: 3.1.6

Do npm install

$ npm install --save lodash
$ npm install --save-dev @types/lodash

Import the full lodash library

import * as _ from 'lodash' 

Usage

updateData(newItem: any){
    let index = _.findIndex(this.data, {id: newItem.id});
    ...
  }

OR import specific functions

import { findIndex } from 'lodash' 

Usage

updateData(newItem: any){
    let index = findIndex(this.data, {id: newItem.id});
    ...
  }

Sources

• Lodash
• Using Lodash in Typescript and Angular 6 applications
• Importing lodash into angular2 + typescript application