How to Get Started With Functional Programming

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Specific claims and concrete examples decide whether to watch: immutable data structures use persistent sharing so copies are cheap and thread-safe, pure functions produce the same output and simplify refactoring and testing, and composable functions chain reliably in JavaScript. Examples include a loop-versus-recursion factorial, a mutation bug fixed by returning a new object with object.assign, and integration options like immutable-js, ClojureScript, Purescript, hasco and F# to try.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 1:09What The Functional?
3. 8:57Benefits
4. 27:08Conclusion

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