The Virtual World Functional Programming and Grokking Simplicity - Eric Normand
Aug 6, 2020
Eric Normand, author of Grokking Simplicity, discusses the importance of learning fundamental concepts in functional programming and the challenges of integrating them into non-functional languages. The podcast also explores ClosureScript as the next iteration of programming, functional thinking and design, and the use of Datomic as an immutable database. Additionally, the concept of offloading procedural efforts with data and using an immutable database structure for the front end are discussed.
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Introduction
00:00 • 4min
The Importance of Learning Fundamental Concepts in Functional Programming
03:44 • 23min
ClosureScript: The Next Iteration
26:19 • 12min
Functional Thinking and Design: Actions, Calculations, and Data
38:11 • 9min
Offloading Lengthy Procedural Efforts with Data
47:37 • 9min
Understanding the Functionality of Datomic: An Immutable Database
56:52 • 4min
Using Immutable Database Structure for Frontend
01:00:34 • 23min
Grocking X and Teaching Closure
01:23:54 • 5min
Wrap-up and Book Promotion
01:28:28 • 4min