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Learning Underscore.js

By : Alexandru Vasile Pop
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Learning Underscore.js

By: Alexandru Vasile Pop

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Learning Underscore.js
Alexandru Vasile Pop
Oct, 2015 | 224 pages
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Table of Contents (14 chapters)
Learning Underscore.js
Learning Underscore.js
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
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1
Getting Started with Underscore.js
Getting Started with Underscore.js
Why Underscore
Getting started with Underscore by example
Key Underscore functions
Functional programming fundamentals
Useful patterns and practices for JavaScript applications targeting ECMAScript 5
Setting up a development workflow for exploring Underscore
Testing JavaScript code with Jasmine
Summary
2
Using Underscore.js with Collections
Using Underscore.js with Collections
Key Underscore functions revisited – each, map, and reduce
Searching and filtering
Aggregations and transformations
Other collection-based functions
Summary
3
Using Underscore.js with Arrays, Objects, and Functions
Using Underscore.js with Arrays, Objects, and Functions
Arrays
Objects
Functions
Utility functions
Summary
4
Programming Paradigms with Underscore.js
Programming Paradigms with Underscore.js
The object-oriented programming paradigm
The functional programming paradigm
Migrating to a functional programming style
Functional programming with Underscore.js
Summary
5
Using Underscore.js in the Browser, on the Server, and with the Database
Using Underscore.js in the Browser, on the Server, and with the Database
Using Underscore in the browser
Enhancing examples output with Bootstrap
Using Underscore on the server with Node.js
Using Underscore with MongoDB
Using Underscore with PostgreSQL
Summary
6
Related Underscore.js Libraries and ECMAScript Standards
Related Underscore.js Libraries and ECMAScript Standards
Using the Underscore-contrib library
Using the lodash library
Underscore and JavaScript standards
Summary
7
Underscore.js Build Automation and Code Reusability
Underscore.js Build Automation and Code Reusability
Build automation with Gulp
Reusing code based on Underscore between client and server
Adding ECMAScript 2015 (ES6) support to Browserify
Summary
Index
Index

Summary

This chapter explored the specialized Underscore functions that target arrays, objects and functions. It also included a section on miscellaneous Underscore functions that will be referenced in other chapters.

The sections on objects and functions are a prerequisite for the next chapter that will discuss more about using programming paradigms with Underscore.

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