JavaScript is a flexible language, allowing for all sorts of styles and programming paradigms. Although this breadth sometimes comes at a cost to readability or consistency across a code base, it ...

Figure 1. Functional JavaScript is available as an ebook (without DRM) from O'Reilly or as a paperback. Anyone who has followed my missives on programming have noted the varied exposure to ...

In the past two columns, we’ve looked at higher-order functions and talked a little bit about the power of functional programming. So far, the concepts we’ve covered do little to indicate how ...

Understanding the 7 principles of functional programming Java and C++ ushered in object-oriented programming, but now Python and JavaScript popularize functional programming. These seven principles of ...

Functional programming has been around for the last 60 years, but so far it’s always been a niche phenomenon. Although game-changers like Google rely on its key concepts, the average programmer ...

Javascript has multiple libraries implementing functional paradigms. Rust, a relative newcomer in the systems programming world, boasts many functional features.

The programming language JavaScript emerged 25 years ago and has grown to become one of the most important pieces of the web and browser applications we use today. JavaScript is the go-to language for ...

Callback Functions Callback functions are essential tools in asynchronous programming that allow developers to specify actions that should occur after a task is completed.

So you’ve learned some JavaScript and you’re curious to learn about the programming paradigms you can use to architect your software. Tonight will be an intro to Functional programming. We’ll look at ...