Learning Path: JavaScript: Learn Functional Programming with JavaScript

Functional programming has been around for decades, but it has only been adopted by the JavaScript community in recent years. The benefits of using functions as building blocks of a language are manifold, and when it comes to JavaScript, the benefits are only exponential.

This Video Learning Path delivers the building blocks of the functional paradigm in a way that makes sense to JavaScript developers. We will look at animated visualizations that will help explain complex concepts such as higher-order functions, lenses and persistent data, partial application, currying, ES6, asynchronous code with promises and ES2017 async-await.

While we are anchor these techniques in your mind with the practical use, you will also learn about techniques for writing maintenanceable software, test-driven development, top-down design, and bottom-up design. Finally, we will use Mocha and Chai to write unit tests for the functional part of the applications.