Stop Using The uuid Library In JavaScript

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[tubi]

Thanks! Always happy to replace an external dependency by something built in 👌

[joseluisperez]

Just something to be aware of, since it's a method that exists on the browser (not nodejs/server), in case you're programming a library made with react (for instance) frameworks like nextjs will have to dynamic import your components, (unless you handle the method execute with useEffect on the library).

[youugotssponged]

I love how I just see this in my recommendations after scaffolding out an endpoint needing uuid/guid 😂. Will try it out when I get around to rebuilding my frontend. Keep up the awesome work and merry Christmas to you good sir!

[ToddDunning]

I literally spent an hour this morning putting UUID into all my local JSON files and then took a break to youtube and of course this came up first :)

[theisoj]

This will come very handy for me in the future.
Thanks Kyle once again!

[salixar]

Hey Kyle, you seem to be ill, get well soon. And thanks for the video!

[ofeenee]

Please do a more in depth video exploring the crypto api! 🙏

[abhishekpratap]

I installed it yesterday and will uninstall it today. 👍

[Rudxain]

Ok, but this only works in browser environments. For Node, Deno, etc. we need an external lib, or (if possible) a built-in alternative

[porroapp]

Watched this a while back but dug it out again so I can ditch UUID from my packages. Thank u pal! Love your channel and your videos! Keep up the great work!

[rodrigoronin_]

We can generate a random number with the current time in milliseconds plus any extra info and it'll do the trick too.

As someone already said, is always good to replace external libs that do simple things with built-in or handcrafted code.

[princesiachin]

wow this is crazy, I don't know such a thing like this exist on built-in js function. Thanks Kyle.

[codyrap]

THIS IS INSANE!! Thanks a lot for this!

[tryagain]

I suggest sticking it to the UUID, as crypto requires secured context (HTTPS), which most apps are not.

[eip]

very valuable info Kyle! you're always killing it man🤯🔥

[HansjeVdTillaert]

This short videos is ideal to get more knowledge about JS. Thanks Kyle for sharing.

[jesse]

I like to use the package along with the native random bytes method when generating random keys with unique IDs. I prefer the options provided by the package vs the options provided by the native implementation. I would also guess that this makes the key more random overall, but that doesn't really matter.
I still gave the video a like, since it was informative and interesting.

[amankumarbairagi]

Thanks Kyle, I was badly in need for it

[agonyman]

Man keep it up. U do such a good work m8 :D

[accidentalengineering]

You're forgetting that uuid's have multiple versions (v1..5). Also the npm module comes with useful functions, e.g. validate(), version().

I completely agree with native solutions, but often they're lacking features.