The compiled template is transformed into a JavaScript function that ends up executed in the client to produce the final HTMLįinally, yet another feature that is not much talked about in public, is the use of its _.escape function for sanitizing user-supplied input, therefore avoiding XSS injections.
#LODASH CORE VS FULL FULL#
That aside, there is a lot of praise for Loadash's simple templating engine because it allows using the full JavaScript's capabilities and syntax in writing your template no DSL's here. In the case of the partial application of a function for example, Lodash offers the _.partial and _.partialright methods that render this task much more easier and natural than the JavaScript equivalent
"If you're only using a handful of methods on arrays and don't care about nullish guards, object iteration, smoothing over enviro/ES5/ES6 issues, FP goodies, iteratee shorthands, lazy evaluation, or other enhancements then built-ins are the way to go". If that wasn't enough in persuading you to get to grips with the library, there's also Lodash's author John-David Dalton testifying that Native doesn't support the _.property iteratee shorthand. For example, to iterate over an array in Lodash's functional style compare: Modularity is one thing,and another is the cleaner and more functional syntax that enables writing more succinct code. Like Jquery, Lodash also offers custom builds and, in case more fine-grained control is required, it also gives you the option to just import the functions you need by utilizing the import pragma: Lodash, on the other hand, offered much better modularity by breaking its functions into separate modules, available from within npm, despite the (minified) full library's size being just 19K. JQuery, being a massive library, made tapping into individual features difficult, requiring loading the whole of the library to get just to the little functionality needed.Ĭertainly, you could get a custom-built library or go for a plug-in but in practice that proved ineffective. It has sprung into existence because of the need for better and more agile modularization,closing the gap left behind by big libraries like jQuery. Version 3.4.0 has recently been released. Lodash began as a fork of the popular Underscore.js library but since then has managed to become its superset, adding new features and performing much better.