patrickjs/lower-case — explained in plain English
Analysis updated 2026-07-28 · repo last pushed 2015-02-28
Normalize user-entered email addresses to lowercase before saving them to a database.
Compare search input against stored data in a case-insensitive way.
Safely lowercase unpredictable data without writing extra null or type checks.
| patrickjs/lower-case | 3imed-jaberi/cryptography-si-isamm | 3imed-jaberi/koa-isomorphic-router | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Language | JavaScript | JavaScript | JavaScript |
| Last pushed | 2015-02-28 | 2021-09-25 | 2021-02-06 |
| Maintenance | Dormant | Dormant | Dormant |
| Setup difficulty | easy | easy | easy |
| Complexity | 1/5 | 1/5 | 2/5 |
| Audience | developer | researcher | developer |
Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.
Install via npm with a single command, no configuration or external dependencies required.
Lower-case is a small JavaScript utility that converts text to lowercase. You give it a string like "HELLO" and it hands back "hello." It is a building-block tool meant to be pulled into larger JavaScript projects rather than used on its own. Beyond plain strings, the tool is designed to handle a few edge cases gracefully. If you pass it a number, a boolean, or an object that has a custom toString method, it will convert that value to text first and then lowercase the result. If you pass it null or undefined, essentially empty or missing values, it returns an empty string instead of throwing an error. That defensive behavior means a developer does not have to write extra checks to prevent their app from crashing when the input is unpredictable. The typical user is a JavaScript developer who wants a reliable, ready-made function for lowercasing text without rewriting the same small helper in every project. For example, if you are building a search feature and want to compare user input against stored data in a case-insensitive way, or you are normalizing user-entered email addresses before saving them, a utility like this handles the conversion cleanly. It installs through npm, which is the standard package manager for JavaScript projects. There is not much else to the project. It is intentionally minimal, a single-purpose tool that does one small job and stays out of the way. The README does not go into further detail on design decisions or intended use cases beyond the basics described above. The project is open source under the MIT license, which means anyone can use, modify, and distribute it freely.
A tiny JavaScript utility that converts text to lowercase while safely handling edge cases like null, undefined, numbers, and objects without crashing.
Mainly JavaScript. The stack also includes JavaScript, npm.
Dormant — no commits in 2+ years (last push 2015-02-28).
Use freely for any purpose, including commercial use, as long as you keep the copyright notice.
Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.
Mainly developer.
This repo across BitVibe Labs
double-check against the repo, no cap.