The Emperor’s New Closure: FP in Javascript

Right at this moment, something terrible is being written in Javascript. But that’s because Javascript’s best features are invisible—I mean, only visible to the wise! We’ll look at how to use functional techniques already available in JS to write clearer, safer code without dressing it up in bulky libraries, including:

• higher-order functions
• closures
• map/filter/fold
• laziness
• pseudo-classes

Nick Moore

Nick has worked in software development for over 20 years across a wide range of languages and technologies. He’s previously presented at OSDC, IETF and academic conferences, and taught programming techniques in Perl, Python, Javascript and worse.