functional javascript

Functional JavaScripta talk by Rob Friesel

blog.founddrama.net • @founddrama

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Who is this guy?➡Sr. UI Developer at Dealer.com➡out there on the web:-@founddrama-blog.founddrama.net-github.com/founddrama

➡Helped edit a few books-including...

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FunctionalJavaScript

“Introducing Functional

Programming with Underscore.js”by Michael Fogus

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JavaScript?Why?

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Functional?Why?

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“Functional programming is the use of many functions that transform data as the primary means for

building programs.”

--Michael Fogus

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Defining characteristics?functions as first-class objects

“verbs, not nouns”

minimize side effects

composable

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Underscore?Who? What? Why?

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battle-tested, functionally-oriented library

already deals with the thorny cross-browser-platform issues

underscore-contrib

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So many topics, so little time...

applicative programming

higher-order functions

protocols

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“Show me the code.”github.com/founddrama/burlingtonjs-funjs-talk

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Learn more!Functional JavaScript by Michael Fogus (@fogus)

Underscorejs.org

github.com/documentcloud/underscore-contrib

osteele.com/sources/javascript/functional/

allong.es/

...and more!

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Thanks.

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