Functional-Light JavaScript (Book & Code)
Functional-Light JavaScript
Balanced, Pragmatic FP in JavaScript
About the Book
This book explores the core principles of functional programming (FP) as they are applied to JavaScript. But what makes this book different is that we approach these principles without drowning in all the heavy terminology. We look at a subset of FP foundational concepts that I call "Functional-Light Programming" (FLP) and apply it to JavaScript.
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Reader Testimonials
Hannes Lund
Software Developer
By focusing on the principles instead of terminology I now feel much more confident in my understanding of the foundation of functional programming. I'm motivated and excited to dive even deeper!
Islam Attrash
JS Engineer
I can say for sure that the FLJS book is mind-blowing! I almost lost my mind with the concepts it explains! This book gave me the right way of programming by understanding concepts more than focusing on Frameworks!
Dmitri Wolf
Front End Developer, IBM
Nobody explains JavaScript as well as Kyle Simpson. He is as thorough as he is humble, explaining complex ideas in simple language. Kyle makes learning JavaScript easy without skipping the details.
Table of Contents
- Foreword
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Preface
- Mission
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Chapter 1: Why Functional Programming?
- At a Glance
- Confidence
- Communication
- Readability
- Perspective
- How to Find Balance
- Resources
- Summary
-
Chapter 2: The Nature Of Functions
- What Is a Function?
- Function Input
- Named Arguments
- Function Output
- Functions of Functions
- Syntax
- What’s This?
- Summary
-
Chapter 3: Managing Function Inputs
- All for One
- Adapting Arguments to Parameters
- Some Now, Some Later
- One at a Time
- Order Matters
- No Points
- Summary
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Chapter 4: Composing Functions
- Output to Input
- General Composition
- Reordered Composition
- Abstraction
- Revisiting Points
- Summary
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Chapter 5: Reducing Side Effects
- Effects on the Side, Please
- Once Is Enough, Thanks
- Pure Bliss
- There or Not
- Purifying
- Summary
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Chapter 6: Value Immutability
- Primitive Immutability
- Value to Value
- Reassignment
- Performance
- Treatment
- Summary
-
Chapter 7: Closure vs. Object
- The Same Page
- Look Alike
- Two Roads Diverged in a Wood…
- Summary
-
Chapter 8: Recursion
- Definition
- Declarative Recursion
- Stack
- Rearranging Recursion
- Summary
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Chapter 9: List Operations
- Non-FP List Processing
- Map
- Filter
- Reduce
- Advanced List Operations
- Method vs. Standalone
- Looking for Lists
- Fusion
- Beyond Lists
- Summary
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Chapter 10: Functional Async
- Time as State
- Eager vs. Lazy
- Reactive FP
- Summary
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Chapter 11: Putting It All Together
- Setup
- Stock Events
- Stock Ticker UI
- Summary
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Appendix A: Transducing
- Why, First
- How, Next
- What, Finally
- Summary
-
Appendix B: The Humble Monad
- Type
- Loose Interface
- Just a Monad
- Maybe
- Humble
- Summary
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Appendix C: FP Libraries
- Stuff to Investigate
- Ramda (0.23.0)
- Lodash/fp (4.17.4)
- Mori (0.3.2)
- Bonus: FPO
- Bonus #2: fasy
- Summary
- Notes
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