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Functional-Lite JavaScript

by Kyle Simpson

This course offers a practical take on functional JavaScript so you can use techniques like pure functions, map/reduce/filter, and recursion to improve your programming today.

What you'll learn

Kyle Simpson, author of the "You Don't Know JavaScript" book series, covers the 80/20 of functional programming in this course, Functional-Lite JavaScript. Get most of the benefit without all the crazy rules and academic language that's sometimes used to talk about simple concepts. Kyle shows a practical take on functional programming so you can use techniques like Pure Functions, Composability and Immutability, map/reduce/filter, and Recursion to improve your programs today.

About the author

Kyle is a freelance developer based in Austin, TX. He runs several open-source projects (such as LabJS), writes books, and speaks at meetups and conferences.

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