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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

Working with function parameters

In this section, we are going to learn how to work with function parameters in multiple scenarios, including optional parameters, default parameters, and rest parameters.

Trailing commas in function arguments

Trailing commas are commas that are used after the final argument of a function. Using a comma after the last parameter of a function can be useful because it is very common to forget a comma when we modify an existing function by adding additional parameters.

For example, the following function only takes one parameter and doesn't use trailing commas:

function greetWithoutTralingCommas(
name: string
): string {
return 'Hi! ${name}';
}

Some time after the initial implementation...

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