Becoming Functional: Steps for Transforming Into a Functional Programmer Contributor(s): Backfield, Joshua (Author) |
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ISBN: 1449368174 ISBN-13: 9781449368173 Publisher: O'Reilly Media OUR PRICE: $26.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Computers | Programming - Object Oriented - Computers | Programming - Open Source - Computers | Programming Languages - C |
Dewey: 005.114 |
Physical Information: 0.17" H x 7.01" W x 9.19" (0.58 lbs) 149 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: If you have an imperative (and probably object-oriented) programming background, this hands-on book will guide you through the alien world of functional programming. Author Joshua Backfield begins slowly by showing you how to apply the most useful implementation concepts before taking you further into functional-style concepts and practices. In each chapter, you'll learn a functional concept and then use it to refactor the fictional XXY company's imperative-style legacy code, writing and testing the functional code yourself. As you progress through the book, you'll migrate from Java 7 to Groovy and finally to Scala as the need for better functional language support gradually increases.
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Contributor Bio(s): Backfield, Joshua: - Joshua F. Backfield is a Senior Software Development Engineer at Dell SecureWorks, Inc., an industry-leading MSSP. He is responsible for the design and development of many internal UI tools as well as multiple backend processes. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Electronic Systems Technologies from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and a Masters of Science in Computer Science from DePaul University. He has worked in a variety of languages such as C, C++, Perl, Java, Javascript, and Scala, and constantly continues to learn and grow with more languages. He has ported multiple native C applications to Scala, introduced many coworkers to Scala, and taught them the underlying functional programming concepts. |