By Danish Ali
Danish Ali
With the rapid evolution of JavaScript, the pipeline operator (|>) has been introduced as part of its latest updates. While I understand its basic function to streamline function chaining and improve code readability, I’m curious about the real-world benefits and practical use cases of this feature.
- How does it compare to traditional function chaining methods like
.then()or.map()? - Are there any performance advantages or limitations developers should be aware of?
- What scenarios would you recommend using this operator over other approaches?
I’m looking forward to learning from the community’s insights and examples.
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Heya,
The pipeline operator (|>) makes code cleaner and easier to read by letting you pass the output of one function directly into another. It’s especially helpful when chaining multiple functions, as it avoids deeply nested calls and improves readability.
Compared to .then() or .map(), it’s less about replacing them and more about providing a simpler syntax for non-promise, non-array workflows. For example:
const result = data
|> process
|> transform
|> format;
This is easier to follow than nested function calls. I guess that’s the main difference and plus for me.
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