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Podcast: JavaScript Jabber
Episode: JSJ 388: Functional Programming with Brian Lonsdorf
Description: SponsorsAdventures in BlockchainSentry– use the code “devchat” for $100 credit My Ruby StoryPanelAimee Knight Chris BuechelerAJ O’NealWith Special Guest: Brian LonsdorfEpisode SummaryBrian Lonsdorf works for Salesforce, specializes in functional programming, and wrote a book called Professor Frisby’s Mostly Adequate Guide to Functional Programming. Brian talks about when he got into functional programming and when in their career others should be exposed to it. He talks about the fundamental tenets of functional programming (static mathematical functions), how it differs from object oriented programming, and how to manipulate data in a functional environment. The panel wonders if it is possible to use function...