Functional-Light JavaScript (Book & Code)
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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.

About the Author

Kyle Simpson
Kyle Simpson

Kyle Simpson is a web-oriented software engineer, widely acclaimed for his "You Don't Know JS" book series and nearly 1M hours viewed of his online courses. Kyle's superpower is asking better questions, who deeply believes in maximally using the minimally-necessary tools for any task. As a "human-centric technologist", he's passionate about bringing humans and technology together, evolving engineering organizations towards solving the right problems, in simpler ways. Kyle will always fight for the people behind the pixels.

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Book & Code

Includes the ebook and the code for Chapter 11 "Stock Ticker" example.

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  • extras
    Chapter 11 Example Code

    Code for the Chapter 11 "Stock Ticker" example project

  • PDF

  • EPUB

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  • English

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5 Ebook License

5 licenses for the ebook, plus the Chapter 11 example code.

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  • extras
    Chapter 11 Example Code

    Code for the Chapter 11 "Stock Ticker" example project

  • PDF

  • EPUB

  • WEB

  • English

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10 Ebook License

10 licenses for the ebook, plus the Chapter 11 example code.

Includes:

  • extras
    Chapter 11 Example Code

    Code for the Chapter 11 "Stock Ticker" example project

  • PDF

  • EPUB

  • WEB

  • English

$199.95
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About the Contributors

Brian Lonsdorf
Brian Lonsdorf

Technical Editor, Foreword

Brian MacDonald
Brian MacDonald

Editor

Reader Testimonials

Hannes Lund
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
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
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
  • Preface
    • Mission
  • 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
  • Chapter 4: Composing Functions
    • Output to Input
    • General Composition
    • Reordered Composition
    • Abstraction
    • Revisiting Points
    • Summary
  • Chapter 5: Reducing Side Effects
    • Effects on the Side, Please
    • Once Is Enough, Thanks
    • Pure Bliss
    • There or Not
    • Purifying
    • Summary
  • 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
  • Chapter 9: List Operations
    • Non-FP List Processing
    • Map
    • Filter
    • Reduce
    • Advanced List Operations
    • Method vs. Standalone
    • Looking for Lists
    • Fusion
    • Beyond Lists
    • Summary
  • Chapter 10: Functional Async
    • Time as State
    • Eager vs. Lazy
    • Reactive FP
    • Summary
  • Chapter 11: Putting It All Together
    • Setup
    • Stock Events
    • Stock Ticker UI
    • Summary
  • Appendix A: Transducing
    • Why, First
    • How, Next
    • What, Finally
    • Summary
  • Appendix B: The Humble Monad
    • Type
    • Loose Interface
    • Just a Monad
    • Maybe
    • Humble
    • Summary
  • 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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