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Immutable.js vs Moment.js: What are the differences?

What is Immutable.js? Immutable persistent data collections for Javascript which increase efficiency and simplicity, by Facebook. Immutable provides Persistent Immutable List, Stack, Map, OrderedMap, Set, OrderedSet and Record. They are highly efficient on modern JavaScript VMs by using structural sharing via hash maps tries and vector tries as popularized by Clojure and Scala, minimizing the need to copy or cache data.

What is Moment.js? A JavaScript date library for parsing, validating, manipulating, and formatting dates. A javascript date library for parsing, validating, manipulating, and formatting dates.

Immutable.js and Moment.js belong to "Javascript Utilities & Libraries" category of the tech stack.

Immutable.js is an open source tool with 28.1K GitHub stars and 1.63K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Immutable.js's open source repository on GitHub.

Slack, Snapchat, and Gigya are some of the popular companies that use Moment.js, whereas Immutable.js is used by Instagram, Snapchat, and Rove.me. Moment.js has a broader approval, being mentioned in 2783 company stacks & 67 developers stacks; compared to Immutable.js, which is listed in 46 company stacks and 64 developer stacks.

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Pros of Moment.js
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    Immutable data structures
  • 5
    Allows you to mimic functional programming
  • 2
    Bring the functional experience to JS
  • 1
    Makes writing Javascript less scary
  • 1
    Easily transpiles to different ES standards
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    What is Immutable.js?

    Immutable provides Persistent Immutable List, Stack, Map, OrderedMap, Set, OrderedSet and Record. They are highly efficient on modern JavaScript VMs by using structural sharing via hash maps tries and vector tries as popularized by Clojure and Scala, minimizing the need to copy or cache data.

    What is Moment.js?

    A javascript date library for parsing, validating, manipulating, and formatting dates.

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    What are some alternatives to Immutable.js and Moment.js?
    Lodash
    A JavaScript utility library delivering consistency, modularity, performance, & extras. It provides utility functions for common programming tasks using the functional programming paradigm.
    Ramda
    It emphasizes a purer functional style. Immutability and side-effect free functions are at the heart of its design philosophy. This can help you get the job done with simple, elegant code.
    Modernizr
    It’s a collection of superfast tests or detects as we like to call them which run as your web page loads, then you can use the results to tailor the experience to the user. It tells you what HTML, CSS and JavaScript features the user’s browser has to offer.
    Modernizr
    It’s a collection of superfast tests or detects as we like to call them which run as your web page loads, then you can use the results to tailor the experience to the user. It tells you what HTML, CSS and JavaScript features the user’s browser has to offer.
    fancybox
    It is a tool that offers a nice and elegant way to add zooming functionality for images, html content and multi-media on your webpages. It is built on the top of the popular JavaScript framework jQuery and is both easy to implement and a snap to customize.
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