Introducing Functional Programming in C++

Write more functional code in C++. Learn functional programming with C++ functions, Lambda functions, templates, and the RxCpp Reactive Extensions library.

Introduction

• Unleash the power functional programming in C++
• What you should know

1. Overview

• Benefits of functional programming
• Unit testing functional programming

2. Functional Programming in Modern C++

• Enabling C++ 17
• transform instead of map
• copy_if instead of filter
• accumulate instead of reduce
• bind
• Functions
• Lambda functions: Curry
• Lambda functions: Closures
• Challenge: Factorial continuous add
• Solution: Factorial continuous add

3. Template Metaprogramming

• C++ templates
• Factorial
• The Standard Template Library
• Functional programming libraries
• Boost.Hana
• Challenge: Fibonacci generator
• Solution: Fibonacci generator

4. Functional Reactive Programming

• Intro to Reactive Extensions
• RxCpp library
• Challenge: Word frequency counter
• Solution: Word frequency counter

Conclusion

• Next steps