What the hell are math nerds talking about? (2/2)

Functional Programming is now a dominating force and comes with a baggage of terms that sound more like diseases than software design. In this two part series we break down and learn enigmatic terms like higher order functions, type classes, ad-hoc polymorphism, types vs. kinds, functors, applicatives, monoids, and monads. The attempt for this presentation is to make huge mathematical topics understandable and to explain when and where such design structures can help you in your daily development.

In Part 2: Applicatives, Monoids, and Monads. This presentation will use a variety of JVM languages and will also include some Haskell where much of these terms will come from.

About Daniel Hinojosa

Daniel is a programmer, consultant, instructor, speaker, and recent author. With over 20 years of experience, he does work for private, educational, and government institutions. He is also currently a speaker for No Fluff Just Stuff tour. Daniel loves JVM languages like Java, Groovy, and Scala; but also dabbles with non JVM languages like Haskell, Ruby, Python, LISP, C, C++. He is an avid Pomodoro Technique Practitioner and makes every attempt to learn a new programming language every year. For downtime, he enjoys reading, swimming, Legos, football, and barbecuing.

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