Krakow, Poland, 25 - 27 August 2021
Former construction engineer, now building software instead. Front-end developer, recent functional programming enthusiast. Enjoys learning new things and sharing his findings via blog posts or tech talks.
Elm - a delightful language for learning functional programming
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Abstract
Functional programming is still a mystery for many developers. There is an overwhelming amount of math and theory surrounding it, to the point of scaring people away. But it turns out, that with the right tools, it is possible to learn FP and to get productive fast!
This talk sums up my first year of learning functional programming in the JavaScript ecosystem and answers questions that many developers have in mind when thinking about starting their FP journey. With this, you'll learn about strong points of learning FP and why using Elm will set you up the right path for creating reliable web applications.
Agenda
- Why should you be interested in FP?
- What is Elm?
- Why should you at least try it?
- Elm vs TypeScript
- Other FP languages that compile to JS
Scheduled on Thursday from 17:10 to 17:40 in Room 4