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JavaScript Data Structures: What Are They And Why Learn Them
You may not survive as a developer if you don't understand how to structure data and write algorithms that collect, analyze, and transforms the data. That is true despite having to learn data structure or data structure algorithms. What is required is for you to understand the idea behind working and manipulating data.
Why learn Data Structures in JavaScript?
JavaScript is no longer a browser-level programming language and web development is no longer HTML and CSS manipulations to present content. It is common to find very complex web applications that deal with a lot of data from games, editors, and data manipulation right from the browser.
Data structures relate a lot with Object-Oriented Programming which is still a popular programming paradigm and even if you are not a fan of FP, understanding the need to structure data and write algorithms on manipulating, searching, and transforming data is an important skill to have. Even functional programs make use of data structures.
Learning data structure in JavaScript — as in any language — will change the way you approach data and how data goes from one point to another. In general, it is an essential skill to advance your career even if you never use it.
