Functional programming is a style that emphasizes and enables smarter code that minimizes complexity and increases modularity. It's a way of writing cleaner code through clever ways of mutating, combining and using functions. And JavaScript provides an excellent medium for this approach. JavaScript, the internet's scripting language, is actually a functional language at heart. By learning how to expose JavaScript's true identity as a functional language, we can implement web apps that are more powerful, easier to maintain and more reliable. JavaScript's odd quirks and pitfalls will suddenly become clear and the language as a whole will make infinitely more sense. Learning how to use functional programming will make you a better programmer for life.
This course is a guide for both new and experienced JavaScript developers who are interested in learning functional programming. With a focus on the progression of functional programming techniques and styles in JavaScript, detailed information of JavaScript libraries, this course will help you to write smarter code and become a better programmer.
Module 1, Mastering JavaScript, provides a detailed overview of the language fundamentals and some of the modern tools and libraries – like jQuery, underscore.js and jasmine.
Module 2, Mastering JavaScript Design Patterns- Second Edition, is divided into two main parts. The first part covers the classical design patterns, which are found in the GoF book whereas the second part looks at patterns, which are either not covered in the GoF book or ones that are more specific to JavaScript.
Module 3, Functional Programming in JavaScript, explores the core concepts of functional programming common to all functional languages, with examples of their use in JavaScript.