Mastering Immutable.js

Avoiding recursion

When you're dealing with hierarchical data, recursion is inevitable. We write a function that calls itself when a new level in the hierarchy is discovered. This is difficult to do because these types of functions often end up being highly specialized, applying to only one situation. With Immutable.js and its persistent-change/transformation/side-effect pattern, writing recursive functions is often a dead end.

When traversing nested collections, you don't often care where you are in the hierarchy. So, if all you need is to locate a particular value, it's much simpler to traverse a flat collection.

The downside to flattening collections is that you have to iterate over the entire nested structure before you can use the flat ...