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Curry
Haskell
Curry
Currying
Function
JavaScript Currying
And You're Teaching It Wrong!!
Alex Riviere
Senior Frontend Web Developer
blog: alex.party
mastodon: @fimion@notacult.social
bsky: @dangitalex.wtf
What is Currying?
\begin{aligned}
&\text{let }x=f(a,b,c)\\
\\
&\text{gives }x\text{ the same value as the code:}\\
\\
&\text{let }h=g(a)\\
&\text{let }i=h(b)\\
&\text{let }x=i(c)\\
\\
&\text{or called in sequence,}\\
&\text{let }x=g(a)(b)(c)
\end{aligned}
What is Currying?
Currying Functions are just
Scope Closures
What is Currying?
function addThree(a){
return function(b){
return function(c){
return a+b+c;
}
}
}
addThree(1)(2)(3); // result: 6Photo by Tom Dillon on Unsplash
Good
Bad
function addThree(a){
return function(b){
return function(c){
return a+b+c;
}
}
}
addThree(1)(2)(3);Currying as a Factory
Factory Method
A function that returns an object without having to define the type of that object.
Closure
When a function that is defined inside of a parent function is exposed outside of it's original scope, it has access to the inner scope of the original parent function.
Currying as a Factory
export const authFetchStuffFactory = (token) =>{
const fetchStuffFactory = (url) =>{
const fetchStuff = (options = {})=>{
options.headers = {
...(options.headers||{}),
'Authorization':`Bearer ${token}`
};
return fetch(url, options);
};
return fetchStuff;
};
return fetchStuffFactory;
};Currying as a Factory
Currying as a Factory
import {authFetchStuffFactory} from './my-library.js';
const token = 'my-very-secret-token';
const endpoint = '/api/my-secure-endpoint'
await authFetchStuffFactory(token)(endpoint)();Currying as a Factory
// file: ./auth-fetch.js
import {authFetchStuffFactory} from './my-library.js';
import {getToken} from './auth-provider.js';
const authFetchFactory = authFetchStuffFactory(getToken());
export const fetchUsers = authFetchFactory('/api/users');
export const fetchReports = authFetchFactory('/api/reports');Currying as a Factory
// file: my-component.jsx
import {fetchUsers} from './auth-fetch.js';
// ... somewhere in our component...
await fetchUsers();Currying Functions
- Don't use them for everything
- Do use them when you want to reuse some code
- It's only a Currying Function if it is from the Currying region of mathematics, otherwise it is just ✨Sparkling Closures✨
Thank you
Alex Riviere
Senior Frontend Web Developer
blog: alex.party
mastodon: @fimion@notacult.social
bsky: @dangitalex.wtf
Slides available at:
https://slides.com/fimion/currying-thunderplains-2023
Currying - ThunderPlains 2023
By Alex Riviere
