Functional Programming in JavaScript: How to Improve Your Javascript Programs Using Functional Techniques (Unabridged‪)‬

Summary

Functional Programming in JavaScript teaches JavaScript developers functional techniques that will improve extensibility, modularity, reusability, testability, and performance. Through concrete examples and jargon-free explanations, this book teaches you how to apply functional programming to real-life development tasks.

About the Technology

In complex web applications, the low-level details of your JavaScript code can obscure the workings of the system as a whole. As a coding style, functional programming (FP) promotes loosely coupled relationships among the components of your application, making the big picture easier to design, communicate, and maintain.

About the Book

Functional Programming in JavaScript teaches you techniques to improve your web applications - their extensibility, modularity, reusability, and testability, as well as their performance. This easy-to-understand book uses concrete examples and clear explanations to show you how to use functional programming in real life. If you're new to functional programming, you'll appreciate this guide's many insightful comparisons to imperative or object-oriented programming that help you understand functional design. By the end, you'll think about application design in a fresh new way, and you may even grow to appreciate monads!

What's Inside

 


High-value FP techniques for real-world uses
Using FP where it makes the most sense
Separating the logic of your system from implementation details
FP-style error handling, testing, and debugging
All code samples use JavaScript ES6 (ES 2015)


About the Listener

For developers with a solid grasp of JavaScript fundamentals and web application design.

About the Author

Luis Atencio is a software engineer and architect building enterprise applications in Java, PHP, and JavaScript.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Think Functionally

 


Becoming functional 
Higher-order JavaScript 


Part 2 Get Functional

 


Few data structures, many operations 
Toward modular, reusable code 
Design patterns against complexity


Part 3 Enhancing Your Functional Skills

 


Bulletproofing your code
Functional optimizations 
Managing asynchronous events and data