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Sebastian Scheibe
Sebastian Scheibe

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#discuss Best course for functional programming?

Hey everyone!

What course would you recommend for learning functional programming which also incorporates real world examples?

I read already materials on the subject but they mostly evolve around the basics. I would like to see a course/video/post where a small project is built from ground up in a functional approach.

Any ideas?

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Heiker •

I don't know about any course but I think your best bet would be looking for courses that teach a functional programming language like Elm, F#, Purescript or maybe ReasonML. Find a language that only supports functional programming patterns and build something with that.

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John Kazer •

Pretty broad question. What type of project are you thinking of? For example if a web app then consider a functional approach to JavaScript (eg hyperapp) or elm or clojure. The latter is more general but includes clojurescript for web specifically.

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Iven Marquardt •

Shamless plug: I've been writing on a FP in JS course for quite some time.