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You're reading from Mastering JavaScript Functional Programming In-depth guide for writing robust and maintainable JavaScript code in ES8 and beyond

Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781787287440

Length 386 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

JavaScript

Concepts

Functional Programming

Author (1):

Federico Kereki

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Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Dedication

Title Page

Credits

About the Author

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Preface

1. Becoming Functional – Several Questions FREE CHAPTER

2. Thinking Functionally - A First Example

3. Starting Out with Functions - A Core Concept

4. Behaving Properly - Pure Functions

5. Programming Declaratively - A Better Style

6. Producing Functions - Higher-Order Functions

7. Transforming Functions - Currying and Partial Application

8. Connecting Functions - Pipelining and Composition

9. Designing Functions - Recursion

10. Ensuring Purity - Immutability

11. Implementing Design Patterns - The Functional Way

12. Building Better Containers - Functional Data Types

1. Bibliography

2. Answers to Questions

What are Design Patterns?

One of the most relevant books in software engineering was design patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software, 1994, written by theGoF (Gang of Four): Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, and John Vlissides. This book presented about two dozen different OOP patternsand has been recognized as a highly important book in computer science.

Note

Patterns are actually a concept from architectural design, originally defined by an architect, Christopher Alexander.

In software terms, a design pattern is a generally applicable, reusable solution, to a usually seen, common problem in software design. Rather than a specific, finished and coded design, it's a description of a solution (the word templateis also used) that can solve a given problem that appears in many contexts. Given their advantages, design patterns are on their own best practices, which can be used by developers working with different kinds of systems, programming languages, and environments...