When to use which data structures in JavaScript

In this article, we will learn about When to use which data structures in JavaScript.

Data Structures in JavaScript

Mainly JavaScript has two data structure Array and Object.

After that two new Data structure introduces in JavaScript which was : Sets and Maps

So, now we have total of four data structures available in JavaScript.

Let's see some cases to indetify which data strctures to use when.

Array:

Case-1: 

Use when you need ordered list of values and might contain duplicates

Case-2:

Use when you need to manipulate data because there are a lot of useful array methods

Sets:

Set's looks the same as an array but it also has some scenarios when we consider using sets over the array.

Sets are really not meant to replace arrays but rather to complement them whenever we are dealing with unique values.

Let's see possible cases where we can use sets:

Case-1:

 Use when you need to work with unique values

Case-2:

Use hen high-performance is really important because operations like searching for an item or deleting an item from a set can be up to 10 times faster in sets than in arrays.

Case-3:

Use to remove duplicates from an array

Objects

Objects is the traditan key value data strcture before maps introdcues in ES6 but using objects simply as key value stores has a couple of technical disadvantages

Case-1:

Use when you need to include funcitnas or methods

Case-2:

Use when working with JSON(can convert to map)

Maps

Maps on other hand are way better suited for simple key vakue stores because they offer better perforamce in fact

Also map keys can have any data typpe and they are also easy to iterate and its easy to compute the size of map

Case-1:

Use when you simply need to map key to values

Case-2:

Use when you need keys that are not strings

Conclusion:

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