Functional Programming: A PragPub Anthology »

Explore functional programming and discover new ways of thinking about code. Explore functional thinking, functional style, and idioms across different functional languages through articles drawn from PragPub magazine and articles written specifically for this book. Discover the distinct strengths and approaches of Clojure, Elixir, Haskell, Scala, and Swift and learn which best suits your needs. Learn from the experts themselves!

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There are many different ways to think about programming, about message passing and data flow, mutable and immutable data, type systems, and so on. If you aren't familiar with the very different way of thinking as embodied in functional programming languages, then here's your chance to level up.

Functional Programming: A PragPub Anthology: Exploring Clojure, Elixir, Haskell, Scala, and Swift is now available in beta from pragprog.com/book/ppanth.

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Functional Programming: A PragPub Anthology: Exploring Clojure, Elixir, Haskell, Scala, and Swift

Functional programming is on the rise because it lets you write simpler, cleaner code, and its emphasis on immutability makes it ideal for maximizing the benefits of multiple cores and distributed solutions. So far nobody’s invented the perfect functional language—each has its unique strengths. Join the authors as we investigate the philosophies, tools, and idioms of five different functional programming languages.

See how Swift, the development language for iOS, encourages you to build highly scalable apps using functional techniques like map and reduce. Discover how Scala allows you to transition gently but deeply into functional programming without losing the benefits of the JVM, while with Lisp-based Clojure, you can plunge fully into the functional style. Learn about advanced functional concepts in Haskell, a pure functional language making powerful use of the type system with type inference and type classes. And see how functional programming is becoming more elegant and friendly with Elixir, a new functional language built on the powerful Erlang base.

The industry has been embracing functional programming more and more, driven by the need for concurrency and parallelism. This collection of articles will lead you to mastering the functional approach to problem solving. So put on your explorer’s hat and prepare to be surprised. The goal of exploration is always discovery.

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