Teamer Tibebu

Remember the feeling you had when you created your first ‘Hello World’ program? Super exciting right! I can imagine, since then, you have made great strides in your learning and dove deeper and deeper into the syntax of your chosen programming language. As you’ve progressed, you’ve learned about loops, higher order functions, classes, inheritance patterns, etc.

What is a Map? A map is a collection of keyed date items, just like an object. But the main difference is that, unlike with objects, a map’s keys are not converted into strings, therefore allowing keys of any type. This is one of the most notable and important features of a map. If We Have Objects, Why Use Maps? Fair question! I agree that on the surface maps and objects sound a bit similar.

I grew up in Paris France and went to French high-school there. There is a lot I loved about the culture, but one of the most frustrating aspects of French pedagogy was their inability to synthesize a complex subject down to something that was understandable. The term they used for anyone who succeeded in this task was called an oeuvre de vulgarisation — which literally translates to a masterpiece for the vulgar.