(Ebook) Functional JavaScript by Michael Fogus ISBN 9781449360726, 1449360726

(Ebook) Functional JavaScript by Michael Fogus ISBN 9781449360726, 1449360726

While some web developers dismiss JavaScript as a flawed language, this succinct book shows you how to make the best of it by practicing a functional style of JavaScript programming. Written by a core contributor to Clojure and ClojureScript, and author of The Joy of Clojure, this book is packed with not only the how of functional programming, but also the why.
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How can you overcome JavaScript language oddities and
unsafe features? With this book, you’ll learn how to create code that’s
beautiful, safe, and simple to understand and test by using JavaScript’s
functional programming support. Author Michael Fogus shows you how to
apply functional-style concepts with Underscore.js, a JavaScript library
that facilitates functional programming techniques. Sample code is
available on GitHub at https://github.com/funjs/book-source.
Fogus
helps you think in a functional way to help you minimize complexity in
the programs you build. If you’re a JavaScript programmer hoping to
learn functional programming techniques, or a functional programmer
looking to learn JavaScript, this book is the ideal introduction.
• Use applicative programming techniques with first-class functions
• Understand how and why you might leverage variable scoping and closures
• Delve into higher-order functions—and learn how they take other functions as arguments for maximum advantage
• Explore ways to compose new functions from existing functions
• Get around JavaScript’s limitations for using recursive functions
• Reduce, hide, or eliminate the footprint of state change in your programs
• Practice flow-based programming with chains and functional pipelines
• Discover how to code without using classes