FOFP Fundamentals of functional programming

• 03 May 2016
• functional-programming,
• javascript,
• education,
• fofp,
• seriespost

Notes and resources for an introductory lecture on the fundamentals of functional programming at Xaverian College.

I'm writing it in draft mode in public, as a sort of experiment. Feedback gratefully accepted!

Part 1 - First-class functions, list processing and higher-order functions

Introduction

Trying things out

Some basic list processing

A different approach with map

Creating functions

Part 2 - More higher order functions

A look at filter

Transforming with fold (aka reduce)

Part 3 - Different syntaxes and languages

JavaScript and ES6

Fat arrows and more concise function definitions

Our examples in Clojure

Part 4 - Classic list processing

(To cover lists, head+tail / first+rest and recursion)

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