Learning Functional Programming with JavaScript (ES5)

Learn about the functional concepts at the heart of many JavaScript frameworks and programs.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know
• Exercise files

1. Course Introduction

• Installing Node.js and npm
• Installing Lodash and running code
• What is functional programming?
• Functional vs. object-oriented programming (OOP)

2. First-Class Functions

• Assigning functions to variables
• Passing functions as arguments
• Closure and returning functions
• Higher-order functions

3. Array Functions

• Mapping
• Filtering
• Every/some
• Reducing
• Combining functions

4. Callbacks

• Chapter introduction
• Simple callbacks
• Callbacks with arguments

5. Advanced Functional Concepts

• Introduction
• Partial application
• Recursion

Conclusion

• Next steps