Lo-Dash ^v0.4.2

A drop-in replacement^* for Underscore.js, from the devs behind jsPerf.com, that delivers performance improvements, bug fixes, and additional features.

Lo-Dash’s performance is gained by avoiding slower native methods, instead opting for simplified non-ES5 compliant methods optimized for common usage, and by leveraging function compilation to reduce the number of overall function calls.

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• Development source
• Production source
• CDN copies of ≤ v0.4.2 are available on cdnjs thanks to CloudFlare
• For optimal performance, create a custom build with only the features you need

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We’ve got API docs, benchmarks, and unit tests.

Create your own benchmarks at jsPerf, or search for existing ones.

For a list of upcoming features, check out our roadmap.

Screencasts

For more information check out these screencasts over Lo-Dash:

• Introducing Lo-Dash
• Lo-Dash optimizations and custom builds
• Lo-Dash’s origin and why it’s a better utility belt
• Unit testing in Lo-Dash

Features

• AMD loader support (RequireJS, curl.js, etc.)
• _.bind supports "lazy" binding
• _.debounce’ed functions match _.throttle’ed functions’ return value behavior
• _.forEach is chainable
• _.forIn for iterating over an object’s own and inherited properties
• _.forOwn for iterating over an object’s own properties
• _.groupBy, _.sortedIndex, and _.uniq accept a thisArg argument
• _.indexOf and _.lastIndexOf accept a fromIndex argument
• _.partial for more functional fun
• _.template utilizes sourceURLs for easier debugging
• _.contains, _.size, _.toArray, and more… accept strings

Support

Lo-Dash has been tested in at least Chrome 5-20, Firefox 1.5-13, IE 6-9, Opera 9.25-12, Safari 3.0.4-5.1.7, Node.js 0.4.8-0.8.2, Narwhal 0.3.2, RingoJS 0.8, and Rhino 1.7RC3.

Custom builds

Custom builds make it easy to create lightweight versions of Lo-Dash containing only the methods you need. We handle all the method dependency and alias mapping for you.

• Backbone builds, containing all methods required by Backbone, may be created using the backbone modifier argument.

lodash backbone

• Legacy builds, tailored for older browsers without ES5 support, may be created using the legacy modifier argument.

lodash legacy

• Mobile builds, with IE < 9 bug fixes and method compilation removed, may be created using the mobile modifier argument.

lodash mobile

• Strict builds, with _.bindAll, _.defaults, and _.extend in strict mode, may be created using the strict modifier argument.

lodash strict

Custom builds may be created in three ways:

1. Use the category argument to pass the categories of methods to include in the build.
   Valid categories are "arrays", "chaining", "collections", "functions", "objects", and "utilities".

lodash category=collections,functions
lodash category="collections, functions"

2. Use the exclude argument to pass the names of methods to exclude from the build.

lodash exclude=union,uniq,zip
lodash exclude="union, uniq, zip"

3. Use the include argument to pass the names of methods to include in the build.

lodash include=each,filter,map
lodash include="each, filter, map"

All arguments, except exclude with include and legacy with mobile, may be combined.

lodash backbone legacy category=utilities exclude=first,last
lodash backbone mobile strict category=functions include=pick,uniq

The lodash command-line utility is available when Lo-Dash is installed as a global package (i.e. npm install -g lodash).

Custom builds are saved to lodash.custom.js and lodash.custom.min.js.

Installation and usage

In browsers:

<script src="lodash.js"></script>

Using npm:

npm install lodash
npm install -g lodash

In Node.js and RingoJS v0.8.0+:

var _ = require('lodash');

In RingoJS v0.7.0-:

var _ = require('lodash')._;

In Rhino:

load('lodash.js');

In an AMD loader like RequireJS:

require({
  'paths': {
    'underscore': 'path/to/lodash'
  }
},
['underscore'], function(_) {
  console.log(_.VERSION);
});

Closed Underscore.js issues ⁽²⁰⁺⁾

• Allow iteration of objects with a length property [#148, #154, #252, #448, #659, test]
• Ensure array-like objects with invalid length properties are treated like regular objects [test, test, test]
• Ensure "Arrays" methods allow falsey array arguments [test]
• Ensure "Collections" methods allow string collection arguments [#247, #276, #561, test, test, test, test]
• Ensure templates compiled with errors are inspectable [#666, test]
• Fix cross-browser object iteration bugs [#60, #376, test, test, test, test, test, test]
• Handle arrays with undefined values correctly in IE < 9 [#601]
• Methods should work on pages with incorrectly shimmed native methods [#7, test]
• Register as an AMD module, but still export to global [#431, test]
• _(…) should return passed wrapper instances [test]
• _.contains should work with strings [#667, test]
• _.escape should return an empty string when passed null or undefined [#407, test]
• _.forEach should be chainable [#142, test]
• _.groupBy should add values to own, not inherited, properties [test]
• _isNaN(new Number(NaN)) should return true [test]
• _.reduceRight should pass correct callback arguments when iterating objects [test]
• _.size should return the length of string values [test]
• _.size shouldn't error on falsey values [#650, test]
• _.size should work with arguments objects cross-browser [#653, test]
• _.sortedIndex should support arrays with high length values [test]
• _.template should not augment the options object [test]
• _.throttle should work when called in a loop [#502, test]
• _.zipObject should accept less than two arguments [test]

Optimized methods ⁽⁵⁰⁺⁾

• _.bind
• _.bindAll
• _.clone
• _.compact
• _.contains, _.include
• _.defaults
• _.defer
• _.difference
• _.each
• _.escape
• _.every, _.all
• _.extend
• _.filter, _.select
• _.find, _.detect
• _.flatten
• _.forEach, _.each
• _.functions, _.methods
• _.groupBy
• _.indexOf
• _.intersection
• _.invoke
• _.isArguments
• _.isDate
• _.isEmpty
• _.isEqual
• _.isFinite
• _.isFunction
• _.isObject
• _.isNumber
• _.isRegExp
• _.isString
• _.keys
• _.lastIndexOf
• _.map, _.collect
• _.max
• _.memoize
• _.min
• _.mixin
• _.pick
• _.pluck
• _.reduce, _.foldl, _.inject
• _.reject
• _.result
• _.shuffle
• _.some, _.any
• _.sortBy
• _.sortedIndex
• _.template
• _.throttle
• _.times
• _.toArray
• _.union
• _.uniq, _.unique
• _.values
• _.without
• _.wrap
• _.zip
• plus all _(…) method wrappers

Release Notes

^v0.4.2

• Added strict build
• Ensured _.bindAll, _.defaults, and _.extend avoid strict mode errors when attempting to augment read-only properties
• Optimized the iteration of large arrays in _.difference, _.intersection, and _.without
• Fixed build bugs related to removing variables

^v0.4.1

• Fixed _.template regression
• Optimized build process to detect and remove more unused variables

^v0.4.0

• Added bin and scripts entries to package.json
• Added legacy build option
• Added cross-browser support for passing strings to "Collections" methods
• Added _.zipObject
• Leveraged _.indexOf's fromIndex in _.difference and _.without
• Optimized compiled templates
• Optimized inlining the iteratorTemplate for builds
• Optimized object iteration for "Collections" methods
• Optimized partially applied _.bind in V8
• Made compiled templates more debuggable
• Made _.size work with falsey values and consistent cross-browser with arguments objects
• Moved _.groupBy and _.sortBy back to the "Collections" category
• Removed arguments object from _.range

The full changelog is available here.

BestieJS

Lo-Dash is part of the BestieJS "Best in Class" module collection. This means we promote solid browser/environment support, ES5 precedents, unit testing, and plenty of documentation.

Author

• John-David Dalton

Contributors

• Kit Cambridge
• Mathias Bynens