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Hands-On Functional Programming with TypeScript

You're reading from   Hands-On Functional Programming with TypeScript Explore functional and reactive programming to create robust and testable TypeScript applications

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788831437
Length 210 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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 Jansen Jansen
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Table of Contents (14) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Functional Programming Fundamentals FREE CHAPTER 2. Mastering Functions 3. Mastering Asynchronous Programming 4. The Runtime – The Event Loop and the this Operator 5. The Runtime – Closures and Prototypes 6. Functional Programming Techniques 7. Category Theory 8. Immutability, Optics, and Laziness 9. Functional-Reactive Programming 10. Real-World Functional Programming 11. Functional Programming Learning Road Map 12. Directory of TypeScript Functional Programming Libraries 13. Other Books You May Enjoy

Is TypeScript a functional programming language?

The answer to this question is yes, but only in part. TypeScript is a multi-paradigm programming language and, as a result, it includes many influences from both OOP languages and functional programming paradigms.

However, if we focus on TypeScript as a functional programming language, we can observe that it is not a purely functional programming language because, for example, the TypeScript compiler doesn't force our code to be free of side-effects.

Not being a purely functional programming language should not be interpreted as something negative. TypeScript provides us with an extensive set of features that allow us to take advantage of some of the best features of the world of OOP languages and the world of functional programming languages. This has allowed TypeScript-type systems to attain a very good compromise between productivity and formality.

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Hands-On Functional Programming with TypeScript
Published in: Jan 2019
Publisher: Packt
ISBN-13: 9781788831437
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