Lodash is a

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library which provides utility functions for common programming tasks using the

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paradigm.

History

''See also Underscore § History.'' Lodash is a

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of Underscore.js. It joined the Dojo Foundation in 2013, and via the jQuery Foundation and JS Foundation, is now part of the

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Summary

Lodash is a JavaScript library that helps programmers write more concise and maintainable JavaScript. It can be broken down into several main areas: * Utilities: for simplifying common programming tasks such as determining type as well as simplifying math operations. * Function: simplifying binding, decorating, constraining, throttling, debouncing,

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, and changing the pointer. * String: conversion functions for performing basic string operations, such as trimming, converting to uppercase,

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, etc. * Array: creating, splitting, combining, modifying, and compressing * Collection: iterating, sorting, filtering, splitting, and building * Object: accessing, extending, merging, defaults, and transforming * Seq: chaining, wrapping, filtering, and testing. It has had multiple releases, so not all functions are available in all implementations. For example, _.chunk has only been available since version 3.0.0.

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