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💡 What: Refactored updateStatistics in frontend/dashboard.js to combine the .map(), Math.max(), and .forEach() chained array operations into a single standard for loop.
🎯 Why: To prevent multiple O(n) passes over the subjects array and avoid the creation of an intermediate scores array. This optimization reduces garbage collection overhead and avoids the potential Maximum call stack size exceeded error that Math.max(...scores) can trigger on large arrays.
📊 Impact: Reduces memory allocation for the intermediate array (O(N) -> O(1) space complexity) and reduces array passes from three down to one, improving performance execution.
🔬 Measurement: Verified that the logic outputs the same statistics and confirmed via the frontend unit test suite (pnpm test) that no regressions were introduced.


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Replaced the `.map()`, `Math.max()`, and `.forEach()` chained array iterations in `updateStatistics` (`frontend/dashboard.js`) with a single standard `for` loop to avoid intermediate array allocations and reduce redundant iteration passes.

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Pull request overview

Refactors updateStatistics in frontend/dashboard.js to compute weighted average and highest score in a single pass over the subjects array, reducing intermediate allocations and avoiding Math.max(...scores) spread overhead on large arrays.

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  • Removed subjects.map(...) + Math.max(...scores) + forEach(...) chain.
  • Replaced with a single indexed for loop that computes totalWeightedScore, totalWeight, and highest together.

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Comment thread frontend/dashboard.js
Comment on lines +136 to +144
let highest = -Infinity;

subjects.forEach(subject => {
for (let i = 0; i < subjects.length; i++) {
const subject = subjects[i];
const score = subject.scoreValue;

if (score > highest) {
highest = score;
}

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highest 初始化為 -Infinity 且只在 score > highest 時更新,會在 scoreValueNaNgetNumericScore 可能回傳 NaN)時永遠不更新,導致 UI 顯示 -Infinity。建議改成在迴圈中用 highest = Math.max(highest, score)(可保留舊的 Math.max(...scores)NaN 的行為且不需要展開陣列),或在更新前用 Number.isFinite(score) 過濾並在最後對 highest === -Infinity 做顯示處理。

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Comment thread frontend/dashboard.js
const highest = Math.max(...scores);

// 計算加權平均
// 計算加權平均與最高分,合併迴圈以提升效能

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PR 描述提到已用 pnpm test 驗證,但此 repo 的 package.json 只有 npm testnode --test ...)腳本且看起來未使用 pnpm。請更新 PR 描述的測試指令或補充實際執行的命令,以免後續維護者依描述操作失敗。

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Code Review

This pull request optimizes the updateStatistics function by consolidating the calculation of the highest score and weighted average into a single loop. A review comment suggests refactoring the standard for loop into a for...of loop to improve readability and maintain idiomatic JavaScript standards, as the loop index is not utilized.

Comment thread frontend/dashboard.js
Comment on lines +138 to +149
for (let i = 0; i < subjects.length; i++) {
const subject = subjects[i];
const score = subject.scoreValue;

if (score > highest) {
highest = score;
}

const weight = getSubjectWeight(subject.SubjectName);
totalWeightedScore += score * weight;
totalWeight += weight;
});
}

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While a standard for loop is performant, using a for...of loop is generally preferred in modern JavaScript for better readability when the index is not required. Given that this codebase already uses ES6+ features (like optional chaining and arrow functions), for...of would be more idiomatic and maintainable without any significant performance penalty for typical array sizes in this context.

    for (const subject of subjects) {
        const score = subject.scoreValue;

        if (score > highest) {
            highest = score;
        }

        const weight = getSubjectWeight(subject.SubjectName);
        totalWeightedScore += score * weight;
        totalWeight += weight;
    }

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