Great article Jeremy! Thanks.
Funny because I didn't know what extension methods were and instead of some voodoo thing they are just what you can achieve in Ruby with open classes:
2.6.1 :001 > class String 2.6.1 :002?> def mutate() 2.6.1 :003?> return self + " mutation" 2.6.1 :004?> end 2.6.1 :005?> end => :mutate 2.6.1 :006 > s = "Hello, world!" => "Hello, world!" 2.6.1 :007 > s.mutate => "Hello, world! mutation"
or JavaScript extensions using prototype inheritance:
> String.prototype.mutate = function() { return this + " mutation"; } > a = "Hello, world!" > a.mutate() "Hello, world! mutation"
Optional chaining should be added to all languages with the concept of null 😭
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extension_me...
"The Ruby community often describes an extension method as a kind of monkey patch." 😀
But yes, they can be useful.
Wow. Clearly, I haven’t played around enough with ruby or JavaScript. I really thought Kotlin was changing the game. Haha thanks for the tip!
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Great article Jeremy! Thanks.
Funny because I didn't know what extension methods were and instead of some voodoo thing they are just what you can achieve in Ruby with open classes:
or JavaScript extensions using prototype inheritance:
Optional chaining should be added to all languages with the concept of
null😭en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extension_me...
"The Ruby community often describes an extension method as a kind of monkey patch." 😀
But yes, they can be useful.
Wow. Clearly, I haven’t played around enough with ruby or JavaScript. I really thought Kotlin was changing the game. Haha thanks for the tip!