Lesson 23. Iterables
After reading lesson 23, you will
- Know what an iterable is and how to use it
- Know how to use the spread operator on iterables to ungroup an object’s items
- Know how to use iterables in a for..in statement to loop over an object’s values
- Know how to create your own iterables
- Know how to customize the behavior of built-in iterables
JavaScript in ES2015 has introduced a couple of new protocols: the iterable protocol and the iterator protocol. Together these protocols describe the behavior and mechanics of objects that can be iterated—that is to say, objects that produce a series of values and can have their values looped over. When you think of objects that can be iterated, Array probably springs to mind, but you can also ...
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