What is Arrow Functor? Arrow is a Profunctor that lifts a function of type a -> b and allows for lazy execution of the function. Arrow can be considered a Strong Profunctorif the underlying data running through the Arrow is a Pair, typically in the f…

In previous post, Arrow Functor with contramap, we have seen how to opreating on params before we invoke the function by using Arrow + contramap. It happens before function get inovked, before we get result. We can say this opreation happens on the l…

A pointed functor is a functor with an of method class IO { // The value we take for IO is always a function! static of (x) { return new IO(() => x) } constructor (fn) { this.$value = fn; } map (fn) { return new IO(compose(fn, this.$value)) } } What'…

Lifting Now, let's review map from another perspective. map :: (T -> R) -> [T] -> [R] accepts 2 parameters, a function f :: T -> R and a list list :: [T]. [T] is a generic type paramterized by T, it's not the same as T, but definitely shares s…

1. Functional programming treats computation as the evaluation of mathematical and avoids state and mutable data. Scala encourages an expression-oriented programming(EOP) 1) In expression-oriented programming every statement is an expression. A state…

Functions in Java Prior to the introduction of Lambda Expressions feature in version 8, Java had long been known as a purely object-oriented programming language. "Everything is an Object" is the philosophy deep in the language design. Objects a…

初学函数式编程,相信很多程序员兄弟们对于这个名字熟悉又陌生.函数,对于程序员来说并不陌生,编程对于程序员来说也并不陌生,但是函数式编程语言(Functional Programming language)又是什么呢?肯定很多朋友们也会有疑问. 学习一样东西,我们首先是了解他的历史,因为历史总是惊人低调相似,并让你从头到尾的了解它,让自己了解的更透彻. 在计算机的世界中,有两位巨擘对问题的可计算性做了模型化描述 一位是阿兰.图灵(Alan Turing),   图灵机,又称图灵计算.图灵计算机,是…

It is really important to understand function signature in functional programming. The the code example below: const map = fn => anyFunctor => anyFunctor.map(fn); 'map' is pointfree version of any founctor's map, for example: Maybe.of('maybe').map(t…

background In pursuit of a real-world application, let’s say we need an e-commerce web applicationfor a mail-order coffee bean company. They sell several types of coffee and in differentquantities, both of which affect the price. Imperative methods F…

In computer science, functional programming is a programming paradigm, a style of building the structure and elements of computer programs, that treats computation as the evaluation of mathematical functions and avoids state and mutable data. It is a…