So this is one that even to this day, I have to google every now and then. I'm making an effort to write a post from now on, any time I have to research something. The hope is it'll help me remember and also that it will help someone else in the same boat!
So here it goes.
I just watched a great video on it that does a great job to explain the difference. You can find it here.
Chris Boesch says in the video, that it's simplest form is as follows.
- Imperative: How to do something
- Declarative: What to do
The example Chris gives further is that of when you get in a Taxi.
Imperative would be if you gave the Taxi driver a step by step instruction of how to get where you are going.
Declarative is like saying "take me to the white house"
If you want a code example, definitely watch the video linked above.
One last way to remember, borrowed from zsoc on IRC ##javascript, he stated declarative... as in 'declaring' something.. like "I'm going to do this thing" vs "this is how im going to do something"
anywho, hope that helps some of ya.
--DeChamp
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