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<span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> boundFn = fn.<span class="hljs-title function_">bind</span>(<span class="hljs-variable language_">this</span>); <span class="hljs-title class_">Object</span>.<span class="hljs-title function_">defineProperty</span>(<span class="hljs-variable language_">this</span>, key, { <span class="hljs-attr">value</span>: boundFn, <span class="hljs-attr">configurable</span>: <span class="hljs-literal">true</span>, <span class="hljs-attr">writable</span>: <span class="hljs-literal">true</span>, }); <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span> boundFn; }, }; }

<span class="hljs-keyword">class</span> <span class="hljs-title class_">MyComponent</span> { <span class="hljs-title function_">constructor</span>(<span class="hljs-params">props</span>) { <span class="hljs-variable language_">this</span>.<span class="hljs-property">props</span> = props; } @autobind <span class="hljs-title function_">handleClick</span>(<span class="hljs-params"></span>) { <span class="hljs-variable language_">console</span>.<span class="hljs-title function_">log</span>(<span class="hljs-variable language_">this</span>.<span class="hljs-property">props</span>); } }</pre></div><p id="0013">In this example, the decorator is used to decorate the function so that it automatically binds this when called and returns a new function. This way, after instantiating , you don’t need to manually bind this when calling the function.<code>autobindhandleClickMyComponentthis.handleClick()</code></p><h1 id="3ffe">Logging</h1><p id="7a28">Decorators can be used to record logs, including printing information such as function calls, function execution times, etc.</p><div id="1a70"><pre><span class="hljs-keyword">function</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">log</span>(<span class="hljs-params">target, name, descriptor</span>) { <span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> originalMethod = descriptor.<span class="hljs-property">value</span>;

descriptor.<span class="hljs-property">value</span> = <span class="hljs-keyword">function</span> (<span class="hljs-params">...args</span>) { <span class="hljs-variable language_">console</span>.<span class="hljs-title function_">log</span>(<span class="hljs-string">Function <span class="hljs-subst">${name}</span> called with <span class="hljs-subst">${args}</span></span>); <span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> start = performance.<span class="hljs-title function_">now</span>(); <span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> result = originalMethod.<span class="hljs-title function_">apply</span>(<span class="hljs-variable language_">this</span>, args); <span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> duration = performance.<span class="hljs-title function_">now</span>() - start; <span class="hljs-variable language_">console</span>.<span class="hljs-title function_">log</span>(<span class="hljs-string">Function <span class="hljs-subst">${name}</span> completed in <span class="hljs-subst">${duration}</span>ms</span>); <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span> result; }; <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span> descriptor } <span class="hljs-keyword">class</span> <span class="hljs-title class_">MyClass</span> { @log <span class="hljs-title function_">myMethod</span>(<span class="hljs-params">arg1, arg2</span>) { <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span> arg1 + arg2; } }

<span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> obj = <span class="hljs-keyword">new</span> <span class="hljs-title class_">MyClass</span>(); obj.<span class="hljs-title function_">myMethod</span>(<span class="hljs-number">1</span>, <span class="hljs-number">2</span>); <span class="hljs-comment">// Output: </span> <span class="hljs-comment">// Function myMethod called with 1,2</span> <span class="hljs-comment">// Function myMethod completed in 0.013614237010165215ms</span></pre></div><h1 id="aff7">Authentication authentication</h1><p id="bbff">Decorators can also be used to check a user’s authentication status and permissions to prevent unauthorized users from accessing sensitive data or performing actions on a regular basis.</p><div id="be1a"><pre><span class="hljs-keyword">function</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">authorization</span>(<span class="hljs-params">target, name, descriptor</span>) { <span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> originalMethod = descriptor.<span class="hljs-property">value</span>;

descriptor.<span class="hljs-property">value</span> = <span class="hljs-keyword">function</span>(<span class="hljs-params">...args</span>) { <span class="hljs-keyword">if</span> (!<span class="hljs-variable language_">this</span>.<span class="hljs-title function_">isAuthenticated</span>()) { <span class="hljs-variable language_">console</span>.<span class="hljs-title function_">error</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'Access denied! Not authenticated'</span>); <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span>; } <span class="hljs-keyword">if</span> (!<span class="hljs-variable language_">this</span>.<span class="hljs-title function_">hasAccessTo</span>(name)) { <span class="hljs-variable language_">console</span>.<span class="hljs-title function_">error</span>(<span class="hljs-string">Access denied! User does not have permission to <span class="hljs-subst">${name}</span></span>); <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span>; } <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span> originalMethod.<span class="hljs-title function_">apply</span>(<span class="hljs-variable language_">this</span>, args); }; <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span> descriptor; }

<span class="hljs-keyword">class</span> <span class="hljs-title class_">MyApi</span> { <span class="hljs-title function_">isAuthenticated</span>(<span class="hljs-params"></span>) { <span class="hljs-comment">// perform authentication check</span> <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span> <span class="hljs-literal">true</span>; } <span class="hljs-title function_">hasAccessTo</span>(<span class="hljs-params">endpoint</span>) { <span class="hljs-comment">// perform authorization check</span> <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span> <span class="hljs-literal">true</span>; } @authorization <span class="hljs-title function_">getUsers</span>(<span class="hljs-params"></span>) { <span class="hljs-comment">// return users data</span> } @authorization <span class="hljs-title function_">deleteUser</span>(<span class="hljs-params">id</span>) { <span class="hljs-comment">// delete user with id</span> } }</pre></div><h1 id="646e">Cache</h1><p id="3465">Decorators can also be used to cache the execution results of functions to avoid double evaluation.</p><div id="5257"><pre><span class="hljs-keyword">function</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">memoize</span>(<span class="hljs-params">target, name, descriptor</span>) { <span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> originalMethod = descriptor.<span class="hljs-property">value</span>; <span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> cache = <span class="hljs-keyword">new</span> <span class="hljs-title class_">Map</span>();

descriptor.<span class="hljs-property">value</span> = <span class="hljs-keyword">function</span> (<span class="hljs-params">...args</span>) { <span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> cacheKey = args.<span class="hljs-title function_">toString</span>(); <span class="hljs-keyword">if</span> (cache.<span class="hljs-title function_">has</span>(cacheKey)) { <span class="hljs-variable language_">console</span>.<span class="hljs-title function_">log</span>(<span class="hljs-string">cache hit: <span class="hljs-subst">${cacheKey}</span></span>); <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span> cache.<span class="hljs-title function_">get</span>(cacheKey); } <span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> result = originalMethod.<span class="hljs-title function_">apply</span>(<span class="hljs-variable language_">this</span>, args); <span class="hljs-variable language_">console</span>.<span class="hljs-title function_">log</span>(<span class="hljs-string">cache miss: <span class="hljs-subst">${cacheKey}</span></span>); cache.<span class="hljs-title function_">set</span>(cacheKey, result); <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span> result; }; <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span> descriptor; }

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</span> <span class="hljs-title class_">MyMath</span> { @memoize <span class="hljs-title function_">calculate</span>(<span class="hljs-params">num</span>) { <span class="hljs-variable language_">console</span>.<span class="hljs-title function_">log</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'calculate called'</span>); <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span> num * <span class="hljs-number">2</span>; } }

<span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> math = <span class="hljs-keyword">new</span> <span class="hljs-title class_">MyMath</span>(); <span class="hljs-variable language_">console</span>.<span class="hljs-title function_">log</span>(math.<span class="hljs-title function_">calculate</span>(<span class="hljs-number">10</span>)); <span class="hljs-comment">// Output: </span> <span class="hljs-comment">// calculate called</span> <span class="hljs-comment">// cache miss: 10</span> <span class="hljs-comment">// 20</span> <span class="hljs-variable language_">console</span>.<span class="hljs-title function_">log</span>(math.<span class="hljs-title function_">calculate</span>(<span class="hljs-number">10</span>)); <span class="hljs-comment">// Output: </span> <span class="hljs-comment">// cache hit: 10</span> <span class="hljs-comment">// 20</span></pre></div><h1 id="57d9">Aspect-oriented programming</h1><p id="0d61">Decorators can be used to implement facet-oriented programming, that is, to add functionality at runtime without modifying the original code.</p><div id="bc4d"><pre><span class="hljs-keyword">function</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">validate</span>(<span class="hljs-params">target, name, descriptor</span>) { <span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> originalMethod = descriptor.<span class="hljs-property">value</span>;

descriptor.<span class="hljs-property">value</span> = <span class="hljs-keyword">function</span> (<span class="hljs-params">...args</span>) { <span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> isValid = args.<span class="hljs-title function_">every</span>(<span class="hljs-function"><span class="hljs-params">arg</span> =></span> <span class="hljs-keyword">typeof</span> arg === <span class="hljs-string">'string'</span> && arg.<span class="hljs-property">length</span> > <span class="hljs-number">0</span>); <span class="hljs-keyword">if</span> (!isValid) { <span class="hljs-variable language_">console</span>.<span class="hljs-title function_">error</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'Invalid arguments'</span>); <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span>; } <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span> originalMethod.<span class="hljs-title function_">apply</span>(<span class="hljs-variable language_">this</span>, args); }; <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span> descriptor; }

<span class="hljs-keyword">class</span> <span class="hljs-title class_">MyForm</span> { @validate <span class="hljs-title function_">submit</span>(<span class="hljs-params">name, email, message</span>) { <span class="hljs-comment">// submit the form</span> } }

<span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> form = <span class="hljs-keyword">new</span> <span class="hljs-title class_">MyForm</span>(); form.<span class="hljs-title function_">submit</span>(<span class="hljs-string">''</span>, <span class="hljs-string">'[email protected]'</span>, <span class="hljs-string">'Hello world'</span>); <span class="hljs-comment">// Output: Invalid arguments</span></pre></div><h1 id="c8da">Reversible decorators</h1><p id="5322">Decorators can also be applied in reversible scenes, for example, you can add a reversible decorator to modify function behavior.</p><div id="b868"><pre><span class="hljs-keyword">function</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">reverse</span>(<span class="hljs-params">target, name, descriptor</span>) { <span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> originalMethod = descriptor.<span class="hljs-property">value</span>;

descriptor.<span class="hljs-property">value</span> = <span class="hljs-keyword">function</span> (<span class="hljs-params">...args</span>) { args.<span class="hljs-title function_">reverse</span>(); <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span> originalMethod.<span class="hljs-title function_">apply</span>(<span class="hljs-variable language_">this</span>, args); }; <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span> descriptor; } <span class="hljs-keyword">class</span> <span class="hljs-title class_">MyMath</span> { @reverse <span class="hljs-title function_">calculate</span>(<span class="hljs-params">num1, num2</span>) { <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span> num1 + num2; } }

<span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> math = <span class="hljs-keyword">new</span> <span class="hljs-title class_">MyMath</span>(); <span class="hljs-variable language_">console</span>.<span class="hljs-title function_">log</span>(math.<span class="hljs-title function_">calculate</span>(<span class="hljs-number">1</span>, <span class="hljs-number">2</span>)); <span class="hljs-comment">// Output: 3</span> <span class="hljs-variable language_">console</span>.<span class="hljs-title function_">log</span>(math.<span class="hljs-property">calculate</span>.<span class="hljs-title function_">reversed</span>(<span class="hljs-number">1</span>, <span class="hljs-number">2</span>)); <span class="hljs-comment">// Output: 3</span></pre></div><h1 id="2ddc">Automatic type checking</h1><p id="037c">Decorators can be applied to automatic type checking, for example, you can add a decorator to ensure that the type of a function parameter is correct.</p><div id="a63a"><pre><span class="hljs-keyword">function</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">checkType</span>(<span class="hljs-params">expectedType</span>) { <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span> <span class="hljs-keyword">function</span>(<span class="hljs-params">target, name, descriptor</span>) { <span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> originalMethod = descriptor.<span class="hljs-property">value</span>;

descriptor.<span class="hljs-property">value</span> = <span class="hljs-keyword">function</span> (<span class="hljs-params">...args</span>) {
      <span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> invalidArgs = args.<span class="hljs-title function_">filter</span>(<span class="hljs-function"><span class="hljs-params">arg</span> =&gt;</span> <span class="hljs-keyword">typeof</span> arg !== expectedType);
      <span class="hljs-keyword">if</span> (invalidArgs.<span class="hljs-property">length</span> &gt; <span class="hljs-number">0</span>) {
        <span class="hljs-variable language_">console</span>.<span class="hljs-title function_">error</span>(<span class="hljs-string">`Invalid arguments: <span class="hljs-subst">${invalidArgs}</span>`</span>);
        <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span>;
      }
      <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span> originalMethod.<span class="hljs-title function_">apply</span>(<span class="hljs-variable language_">this</span>, args);
    };
    <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span> descriptor;
  }

}

<span class="hljs-keyword">class</span> <span class="hljs-title class_">MyMath</span> { @<span class="hljs-title function_">checkType</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'number'</span>) <span class="hljs-title function_">add</span>(<span class="hljs-params">num1, num2</span>) { <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span> num1 + num2; } }

<span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> math = <span class="hljs-keyword">new</span> <span class="hljs-title class_">MyMath</span>(); math.<span class="hljs-title function_">add</span>(<span class="hljs-number">1</span>, <span class="hljs-string">'2'</span>); <span class="hljs-comment">// Output: Invalid arguments: 2</span></pre></div><p id="dd86"><i>More content at <a href="https://plainenglish.io/"><b>PlainEnglish.io</b></a>.</i></p><p id="5cf7"><i>Sign up for our <a href="http://newsletter.plainenglish.io/"><b>free weekly newsletter</b></a>. Follow us on <a href="https://twitter.com/inPlainEngHQ"><b>Twitter</b></a></i>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/inplainenglish/"><b><i>LinkedIn</i></b></a><i>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtipWUghju290NWcn8jhyAw"><b>YouTube</b></a>, and <a href="https://discord.gg/GtDtUAvyhW"><b>Discord</b></a><b>.</b></i></p><p id="7057"><b><i>Interested in scaling your software startup</i></b><i>? Check out <a href="https://circuit.ooo?utm=publication-post-cta"><b>Circuit</b></a>.</i></p></article></body>

The Story That Got The Most Viewers Isn’t The One I Loved The Most

The Four Curated Stories By Medium Among Many Others

Photo by Natasha Brazil on Unsplash

On October 7, 2019, I published a travel story to Japan that it went through the Medium curation. Though I didn’t expect and even didn’t want it to gain large numbers of viewers, it just keeps getting viewers — even until now. Pandemic mess everything in our lives, then suddenly the story became irrelevant, and from there it gets fewer viewers. In case you wonder what the article is, here it is:

The more comments I got, the more I didn’t know how and what to answer to them. Though I did appreciate their times reading and writing their concerns, I wasn’t good at putting on my face on the frontline. I’m quite comfortable sitting in the back row, watching and observing what’s going on.

So I have to admit that I am not a writer who loves to interact with readers. I am not a writer who is good at advising on writing, particularly on Medium, because everyone is a writer, advising writing to writers can be a daunting task for me.

So, if you read it, you’ll know why it’s irrelevant because of COVID mess. I guessed because the title reveals sensationalism, it attracts viewers and because it was my experience travelling for the first time to Japan and what I imagined Japan would be — from a travel book, YouTubes and blogs — , wasn’t quite to my expectation.

It was during the golden week when I was there, and I didn’t know what Golden Week was. So overcrowded tourism sent Japan into chaotic — at least that was my observation at that time.

The story meant to be a straightforward, first impression of Japan and turned out to be ‘a viral story’. If you ever wonder how many viewers for that particular one. It got 4.1K with total lifetime member reading time 44 hr 56 min at the time I’m writing this article.

The story that comes second in the number of viewers is about my previous travel experience in Bali in December 2019. I’ve been to Bali so many times, and I even lost counts. For more than ten years, I witnessed changes in Bali that came to my attention and worried me so much. It is the capitalisation of Bali and the tourism model that portray Bali as the paradise island. This story also went through Medium curation.

From the title of the story, you know it’s obviously a story about Bali, but with the negative sentence in the title, I guessed that’s why it got viewers. However, it got only 868 viewers with lifetime member reading time 18 hr 15 min.

My experience of a two-week self yoga retreat is another story about Bali that got curated by Medium. The Ascent published the article. Though it got only 248 views with 58 min 45 sec member reading time, I personally loved it because it was a life-changing moment for me that later it inspired me to write a story about the loss of my best friend, Lee.

Here is the story:

Many friends who still lived in Bali and many of them are actually native Balinese also expressed their concerns that Bali has become so dependable to tourism and many foreign investors of tourism are out of touch when it comes to sustainability.

So as many of you might know that Pandemic hit Bali hard and hundreds of people have lost their jobs and hotels are closing their doors for good. Balinese are back on their land and marine agriculture because in that way they can survive the hard life that even gets tougher now.

The next story is the time when travelling overseas in the country I’ve never been and I was in such a foreign land with millions of people in Tokyo, and I wouldn’t prepare myself to feel alone and loneliness. Here is the story:

From the title, you can guess that it’s the story about being vulnerable travelling solo to Japan. Tokyo is megapolitan with millions of people, you can see and experience futuristic technologies, and you were bathed in lights and massive animated billboards, suddenly among hundred of thousands of people, you felt so lonely.

The first story on the top of this article is responsible for making me a top writer in travel before it disappeared from my profile a few months ago. It was the second curated story, but it wasn’t actually the story I loved the most.

But the story gets more viewers and readers that people made comments and forgive me if I didn’t answer any of them. In fact, I just read many comments on the story and also recently found out that some shared it in social media.

Last but not least, the first story that got curated by Medium was the one I loved most. Yes, it is not only because it’s the first curated story and there’s a sense of romanticism being curated for the first time, but it is also the story of romanticism. Everyone can relate to it because of valuable universality in the story. At least that’s what I thought.

But guess what, the story that I loved the most and I poured so much of my heart into it got only 335 viewers with lifetime member reading only 1hr 20 min. I made only $ 2.51.

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