Functional JavaScript

Functional programming is becoming more and more ubiquitous. Everyday object-oriented languages are now implementing concepts from the functional paradigm. This is a good thing. The proliferation of ideas is what makes programming improve. JavaScript is a language that can easily swing to either end of the programming spectrum. In this talk we will take a hands-on look at implementing several functional concepts in JavaScript and see how each concept can benefit us. We will start with simple map/reduce and currying and move to more advanced concepts such as null/error handling and composition that will lead to cleaner, more concise, maintainable code.