Useful tricks in Javascript

1. Clearing or truncating an array

An easy way of clearing or truncating an array without reassigning it is by changing its length property value:

const arr = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6];
arr.length = 4; console.log(arr); //=> [1, 2, 3, 4]
arr.length = 0; console.log(arr); //=> [] 
                console.log(arr[3]); //=> undefined

2. Creating pure objects

You can create a pure object, which won’t inherit any property or method from Object (for example, constructor, toString() and so on).

const pureObject = Object.create(null);
console.log(pureObject); //=> {}
console.log(pureObject.constructor); //=> undefined
console.log(pureObject.toString); //=> undefined console.log(pureObject.hasOwnProperty); //=> undefined

3. Removing duplicate items from an array

By using ES2015 Sets along with the Spread operator, you can easily remove duplicate items from an array:

const removeDuplicateItems = arr => […new Set(arr)];
removeDuplicateItems([228, 'abc', 228, 'abc', true, true]);
//=> [228, "abc", true]

4. Flattening multidimensional arrays

Flattening arrays is trivial with Spread operator:

const arr = [1, [2, 3], [4, 5], 6];
const flatArr = [].concat(…arr); //=> [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

5. Swap variables

Using Array Destructuring to swap variable’s values:

let a = 'world', b = 'hello'
[a, b] = [b, a]
console.log(a) // -> hello
console.log(b) // -> world//