JavaScript

CHALLENGE

class BankAccount {
  #balance;
  #transactionLog = [];

  constructor(initialBalance) {
    this.#balance = initialBalance;
  }

  deposit(amount) {
    this.#balance += amount;
    this.#transactionLog.push(`+${amount}`);
    return this;
  }

  withdraw(amount) {
    if (amount > this.#balance) throw new Error("Insufficient funds");
    this.#balance -= amount;
    this.#transactionLog.push(`-${amount}`);
    return this;
  }

  get summary() {
    return `Balance: ${this.#balance} | Txns: ${this.#transactionLog.join(", ")}`;
  }
}

const account = new BankAccount(100);
account.deposit(50).deposit(25).withdraw(30);
console.log(account.summary);
console.log(account.hasOwnProperty("#balance"));

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CHALLENGE

const handler = {
  get(target, prop, receiver) {
    if (prop in target) {
      return Reflect.get(target, prop, receiver) * 2;
    }
    return `missing:${prop}`;
  },
  set(target, prop, value) {
    if (typeof value !== "number") {
      throw new TypeError("Only numbers allowed");
    }
    Reflect.set(target, prop, value + 10);
    return true;
  },
  has(target, prop) {
    return prop.startsWith("x") ? false : prop in target;
  },
};

const store = new Proxy({ xray: 5, zoom: 8 }, handler);

store.nova = 3;
console.log(store.xray);
console.log(store.nova);
console.log(store.ghost);
console.log("zoom" in store);
console.log("xray" in store);

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CHALLENGE

class Registry {
  static #instances = new Map();
  static #count = 0;
  static defaultTTL;
  static maxSize;

  static {
    Registry.defaultTTL = 3600;
    Registry.maxSize = 100;
    Registry.#instances.set("__init__", { ts: 0 });
    Registry.#count = Registry.#instances.size;
  }

  static register(key) {
    if (Registry.#count >= Registry.maxSize) return false;
    Registry.#instances.set(key, { ts: Registry.defaultTTL });
    Registry.#count++;
    return true;
  }

  static info() {
    return `count=${Registry.#count}, ttl=${Registry.defaultTTL}, max=${Registry.maxSize}`;
  }
}

Registry.register("service-a");
Registry.register("service-b");
console.log(Registry.info());

CHALLENGE

const memoize = (fn) => {
  const cache = new Map();
  return (...args) => {
    const key = JSON.stringify(args);
    if (cache.has(key)) {
      return cache.get(key);
    }
    const result = fn(...args);
    cache.set(key, result);
    return result;
  };
};

let callCount = 0;

const expensiveMultiply = memoize((a, b) => {
  callCount++;
  return a * b;
});

console.log(expensiveMultiply(4, 5));
console.log(expensiveMultiply(4, 5));
console.log(expensiveMultiply(3, 7));
console.log(expensiveMultiply(4, 5));
console.log(`calls: ${callCount}`);

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CHALLENGE

class Pipeline {
  #value;
  #log = [];

  constructor(value) {
    this.#value = value;
  }

  map(fn) {
    this.#value = fn(this.#value);
    this.#log.push(`map:${this.#value}`);
    return this;
  }

  filter(fn) {
    if (Array.isArray(this.#value)) {
      this.#value = this.#value.filter(fn);
      this.#log.push(`filter:${this.#value}`);
    }
    return this;
  }

  reduce(fn, init) {
    this.#value = this.#value.reduce(fn, init);
    this.#log.push(`reduce:${this.#value}`);
    return this;
  }

  result() {
    console.log(this.#log.join(' | '));
    return this.#value;
  }
}

const output = new Pipeline([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6])
  .filter(x => x % 2 === 0)
  .map(arr => arr.map(x => x ** 2))
  .reduce((acc, x) => acc + x, 0)
  .result();

console.log(output);

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CHALLENGE

const transactions = [
  { type: "credit", amount: 200, category: "salary" },
  { type: "debit",  amount: 50,  category: "food" },
  { type: "debit",  amount: 30,  category: "food" },
  { type: "credit", amount: 100, category: "bonus" },
  { type: "debit",  amount: 70,  category: "transport" },
];

const summary = transactions.reduce((acc, { type, amount, category }) => {
  acc.balance += type === "credit" ? amount : -amount;
  acc.byCategory[category] = (acc.byCategory[category] ?? 0) + amount;
  acc.count[type] = (acc.count[type] ?? 0) + 1;
  return acc;
}, { balance: 0, byCategory: {}, count: {} });

console.log(summary.balance);
console.log(JSON.stringify(summary.byCategory));
console.log(JSON.stringify(summary.count));

CHALLENGE

const person = {
  name: "Marcus",
  greet: function () {
    const inner = () => `Hello, I am ${this.name}`;
    return inner();
  },
  greetArrow: () => {
    return `Hello, I am ${this.name}`;
  },
};

const detached = person.greet;

console.log(person.greet());
console.log(person.greetArrow());
console.log(detached?.());

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