Expert Talk: Functional Programming • Russ Olsen & Christian Romney • GOTO 2022

This interview was recorded for GOTO Unscripted. #GOTOcon #GOTOunscripted #GOTO https://gotopia.tech Read the full transcription of this interview here: https://gotopia.tech/articles/expert-talk-functional-programming Russ Olsen - Software Engineering Director at Nubank and Author of "Getting Clojure" @russolsen3122 Christian Romney - Director of Engineering at Nubank DESCRIPTION Learn from Russ Olsen and Christian Romney why you should look into functional programming. They explore the nature of the paradigm as well as its advantages and misconceptions. In this GOTO Unscripted, Russ Olsen shares his war stories and explains how functional programming influences his code for the better. TIMECODES 00:00 Intro 01:05 What is functional programming? 03:18 What are the advantages of functional programming? 09:14 Misconceptions about functional programming 14:27 Do you need to understand category theory for FP? 16:25 How did you get started with functional programming? 22:55 Russ Olsen's war stories 29:11 The influence of FP on code 33:02 Advice on how to get started with FP 34:33 Outro RECOMMENDED BOOKS Russ Olsen • Getting Clojure • https://amzn.to/3J8zI8s Russ Olsen • Eloquent Ruby • https://amzn.to/37gOhcG Russ Olsen • Design Patterns in Ruby • https://amzn.to/3r2uBjW Richard Feldman • Elm in Action • https://amzn.to/387kujI Neal Ford • Functional Thinking • https://amzn.to/3DdP35B Venkat Subramaniam • Functional Programming in Java • https://amzn.to/2WlOXIt Eric Normand • Grokking Simplicity • https://amzn.to/3gz7o3C Daniel Higginbotham • Clojure for the Brave and True • https://amzn.to/38tZjsF Ulisses Almeida • Learn Functional Programming with Elixir • https://amzn.to/389grn6 https://twitter.com/GOTOcon https://www.linkedin.com/company/goto- https://www.facebook.com/GOTOConferences #FunctionalProgramming #Clojure #Scala #Elixir #Elm #Elmlang #Fsharp #RussOlsen #ChristianRomney #FP #OOP #OOPvsFP #WarStories #Ruby CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket at https://gotopia.tech Sign up for updates and specials at https://gotopia.tech/newsletter SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily. https://www.youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1