In the following article, I give you an overview of functional programming and walk you through examples in F# to help you make the switch.

Functional programming with arrays Although JavaScript’s arrays are very capable out of the box, the functional paradigm improves the clarity and maintainability of array code.

The advocates of functional programming say this is example of being able to catch an entire class of errors at compile time, leading to more predictable, reliable, and stable code.

Michael Sperber spoke about software architecture and functional programming at OOP 2023 Digital. Sperber gave the example of dividing up the system’s code among its building blocks.

Functional programming is a significant paradigm shift in the software world over the past 10 years. Slowly but surely, it has moved from a niche feature of a few uncommonly used languages to a ...

Also See: Functional Programming, the .NET Way (Part 1) Last time, we examined the advantages, benefits of programming using the functional paradigm, specifically, programming with Microsoft's Visual ...

The functional programming paradigm, which has been around for decades, has never gone out of style. In this two-part series, we look at Microsoft's implementation, Visual F#.

Functional programming supports well-defined, defensible software giving reproducible results. Object-oriented programming is the mechanism par excellence for managing complexity while keeping things ...

Purely functional programming is a brilliant idea with a misleading name. When people talk about “purely functional programming”, they mean Haskell or something like Haskell. But that’s not ...