Talk Proposal: FP in JS

[brekk]

Talk title

Use Functional Programming (FP) to write better, easier to reason about, easier to test and terser code

Abstract

What is functional programming and how can we use it (specifically tools like curry and pipe and higher-order functions) to better manage complexity, improve our understanding of our code and simplify our problem domain?

We'll go over the basics of functional programming in JS, hitting on some of the core tenets of the paradigm, highlight some of easier-to-fall-into pitfalls along the way and ways to write around them. Then we'll generally talk through the process of going from imperative code with implicit side-effects to functional code with explicit side-effects.

The core content of the talk will definitely hit on the information framed in this article: https://codepen.io/brekk/post/functional-workaholism but will likely build on top of it a little bit as well.

Your name (and pronouns)

Brekk (He / Him)

• This will be my first tech talk

Contact Details

Twitter @brekk
Github @brekk
Gitlab @brekk
BerlinJS Slack @brekk
;)

Code of Conduct

• I've read and agree to the BerlinJS Code of Conduct

[carolstran]

Hey hey @brekk, thanks for submitting a talk 🙌 Great topic. I've added you to our internal waitlist and we'll let you know when we'll be able to have you. Are you based in Berlin?

[brekk]

Hey @carolstran, I am based in Berlin, yes.