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In this series you will learn concepts, patterns and techniques from functional programming that you can incorporate in your day to day coding
When we talk about functional programming very few things can be as important as pure functions. People who write code in this style make a considerable effort to contain as much logic as they can in pure functions, I'll try to explain some of the re...
Have you ever heard the term "pure function"? What about "side effects"? If you have then probably you've heard that side effects are evil and should be avoided at all cost (just like var.) Here is the problem, if you write javascript you probably wa...
Today we are here to solve a mystery, the mystery of why some people choose to create functions that take a callback as the first argument. You might be thinking that the answer is partial application and you would be half right, but partial applicat...
Today we are going to talk about function composition. The art of creating big things with "simple" pieces. It will be even better if you don't know anything about functional programming, this will be an introduction to common concepts and patterns u...
This time we are going to take a look inside the world of functors and what makes them so special. Functors is one of those terms that you hear every now and then when people talk about functional programming but when the time comes to explain it the...
What are they indeed. Our goal for today will be to learn about applicative functors using javascript. Yes, javascript. Don't judge me, it's what I know. We'll cover things like how to create them, how you can spot them in the wild and a somewhat use...