DEV Community

Cover image for 6 JavaScript Pro Tips That Will Make Your Code More Elegant and Maintainable 🔥🔥🔥

6 JavaScript Pro Tips That Will Make Your Code More Elegant and Maintainable 🔥🔥🔥

Vergil on December 26, 2024

As front-end development engineer, we can often enhance code readability and make our code look more elegant by paying attention to some small deta...
Collapse
 
kaush26 profile image
kaush26 • Edited

group1food can be further modified instead of two step iteration process to single one like using flatMap.

e.g.

foods.flatMap(food=> food.group === 1 ? food : [])
Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode
Collapse
 
geekvergil profile image
Vergil
const group1Foods = foods.flatMap(food => 
    food.group === 1 ? [food.name] : []
);
Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode
Collapse
 
jone001 profile image
Jone

Thank you for sharing these excellent JavaScript tips! The examples are practical and well-explained, especially the techniques for reducing if-else statements and using modern array methods. Your insights on code maintainability and object integrity are particularly valuable. Will definitely apply these in my next project!

Collapse
 
abhivyaktii profile image
Abhinav

Intresting read

Collapse
 
declan_chiu profile image
Declan Chiu (declanchiu)

Perfect for a beginner like me.

Collapse
 
daniel_jones profile image
Daniel Jones

Thanks for sharing!

Collapse
 
geekvergil profile image
Vergil

Keep going

Collapse
 
cde97 profile image
cde-97

Elegantly Code

Collapse
 
_1402b4d74b1aa41e425 profile image
嘿嘿哈哈哈

so good

Collapse
 
harleendance profile image
Hiram Kobbe

This expression uses more advanced vocabulary and phrases to convey a deeper sense of appreciation and admiration for the code shared.

Collapse
 
sam_gold_42f42bbfe0002f64 profile image
Sam Gold • Edited

Good article, but classic for loop is more performant than high order functions and it is more readable for developers coming from another language background. In a simple senario you can use them but usually things get complex and you start chaining and nesting them creating more loops and complexity than necessary.

Collapse
 
geekvergil profile image
Vergil

Yes, you're right.