Overview
- The only functional JavaScript book using EcmaScript 6
- Simple, concise, ready-to-run code samples that explain functional library concepts
- Shows how functional APIs can be built
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About this book
Learn functional programming concepts using JavaScript ES6. You will learn concepts such as currying, partial functions, higher-order functions, and monads.
Programming languages have evolved from focusing on procedures to objects and now on function. JavaScript supports functional programming and allows developers to write well-crafted code.
What You Will Learn:Â Â Â
- Master functional programming concepts
- Identify how functions are treated in JavaScript
- Understand real-world functional libraries and create a functional library that mimics underscore.js
- Perform pure-error handling techniques such as functors and monads
- Discover ES6 functional features such as spread operators and generators
Who This Book Is For:
JavaScript developers (or beginners) who want to understand functional programming concepts and the functional nature of the language.
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Book Title: Beginning Functional JavaScript
Book Subtitle: Functional Programming with JavaScript Using EcmaScript 6
Authors: Anto Aravinth
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-2656-8
Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA
eBook Packages: Professional and Applied Computing, Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Copyright Information: Anto Aravinth 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 164
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations
Topics: Web Development, Programming Techniques, Software Engineering