Functional Programming in 40 Minutes • Russ Olsen • GOTO 2018

This presentation was recorded at GOTO Berlin 2018. #gotocon #gotober http://gotober.com Russ Olsen - Author of Getting Clojure and Eloquent Ruby, VP at Cognitect @russolsen3122 ABSTRACT Functional programming has finally escaped from academia. These days developers are building real systems in functional programming languages like Clojure, Scala, Elixir and F#. Functional techniques are also seeping into more traditional languages like Java and Ruby. Unfortunately somewhere along the way functional programming has also developed a reputation for being deep and mysterious: Good programs achieve the Zen-like state of being functional which somehow involves immutability, higher order functions [...] Download slides and read the full abstract here: https://gotober.com/2018/sessions/546 RECOMMENDED BOOKS 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 Neal Ford • Functional Thinking • https://amzn.to/3DdP35B Petricek & Skeet • Real-World Functional Programming • https://amzn.to/38diF4M Venkat Subramaniam • Functional Programming in Java • https://amzn.to/2WlOXIt Cristian Salcescu • Functional Programming in JavaScript • https://amzn.to/3y75jBS Richard Feldman • Elm in Action • https://amzn.to/387kujI Jeremy Fairbank • Programming Elm • https://amzn.to/2WhZCE8 Wolfgang Loder • Web Applications with Elm • https://amzn.to/3jblQ3q https://twitter.com/GOTOcon https://www.linkedin.com/company/goto- https://www.instagram.com/goto_con https://www.facebook.com/GOTOConferences #FunctionalProgramming #Clojure #Scala #Elixir #Fsharp #RussOlsen #FunctionalProgrammingTutorial #FPTutorial #LearningFunctionalProgramming 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