Functional JavaScript

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What is Functional Programming?

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• FP produces programs by composing mathematical functions and avoids shared state & mutable data
• It is an essential concept in JavaScript
• Lisp, Haskell, Erlang, Clojure, Elm, F Sharp etc

Why FP is Cool?

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• Pure functions
• Avoid side-effects.
• Simple function composition.
• Higher order functions
• Avoids shared state & mutable data

github.com/timoxley/functional-javascript-workshop

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1. In Terminal

npm install -g functional-javascript-workshop@latest

2. To start workshop run

functional-javascript

3. To start exercise press Enter

Follow the instructions

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Coding Time!

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