handy

Bunch of common utility functions

Functionality

• getVersion

  • arguments

    1. path where package.json is present (optional)

  • returns

    • value of 'version' in package.json (or)
    • emptry string if unable to find package.json

  • example:

      var handy = require('handy');
      var ver = handy.getVersion(__dirname);

• getUserHome

  • returns - home directory for current user (platform agnostic)

      var handy = require('handy');
      var home = handy.getUserHome();

• getType

  • arguments

    1. object - for which type to be determined

  • returns - type of the object in lowercase ('number', 'array', 'object', 'regex' ...)

      var handy = require('handy');
      var xyz = [1,2,3];
      if(handy.getType(xyz)=='array') { 
        ... do something ...
      };

• getFileExtension

  • arguments

    1. filename - filename for which the extension to be returned
    2. defaultExt - default extension if no extension found

  • returns - extension from the filename (or) defaultExt

      var handy = require('handy');
      var x = "abc/this/there.x.y.j"
      var r = handy.getFileExtension(x);
      // r => 'j'

• isArrayEqual - check if two arrays are equal, irrespective of order of elements

  • arguments: pass two array objects

  • returns - true (if both arrays are equal), else false

      var handy = require('handy');
      var x = [93,1,6], y=[6,93,1];
      var r = handy.isArrayEqual(x,y);
      // r => true

• isObjectEqual - check if two objects are equal, irrespective of order of keys (if value is an array, it is expected to be in same order)

  • arguments: pass two objects

  • returns - true (if both objects are equal), else false

      var handy = require('handy');
      var x = {a:'hello', b:{scores:[1,2,3], name:'tal'}, id:123}, y={id:123,a:'hello',b:{name:'tal',scores:[1,2,3]}};
      var r = handy.isObjectEqual(x,y);
      // r => true

• merge - shallow merge objects

  • arguments

    1. variable arguments, pass objects that needs to be merged

  • returns - merged object (or) {}

      var handy = require('handy');
      var x = {a:1}, y={b:2}, z={a:4,c:5};
      var r = handy.merge(x,y,z);
      // r => {a:4, b:2, c:5}

• deepMerge - merge objects, all hashes at all levels are merged (arrays left intact)

  • arguments

    1. variable arguments, pass objects that needs to be deep merged

  • returns - merged object (or) {}

      var handy = require('handy');
      var x = {a:1,p:{a:5}}, y={b:2}, z={a:4,c:5,p:{a:3,b:11}};
      var r = handy.deepMerge(x,y,z);
      // r => {a:4, b:2, c:5, p:{a:3,b:11}}

Install

$ npm install handy
# please include handy to your package.json

Test cases

To execute full test cases

$ make