[FRIAM] Classes, Complexity, and Functional Programming – Kent C. Dodds – Medium

[Dale Schumacher]

A while ago, I wrote up a few examples of functional and reactive
(actor-based) techniques using JavaScript. Perhaps they will add something
to this discussion.

http://www.dalnefre.com/wp/2017/01/same-fringe-revisited/


On Sat, Aug 12, 2017 at 11:20 AM, Owen Densmore <owen at backspaces.net> wrote:

> Great info, thanks.
>
> A few constraints:
> - I've finally gotten back to Write & Run JavaScript, no transpiling.
> - My workflow also is simplified: only npm scripts possibly using a node
> script.
> - I run a local hot-loading node http server so Write & Run is automatic.
> All managed by a npm script.
>
> Why? The JS world went nuts for several years with transpiling, babel (for
> es6/future JS features), task managers, linters etc. It was arguably
> necessary for the times. I used CoffeeScript for a while mainly for safety
> and pythonic syntax. But my peers said "Oh, great, *another* thing to
> learn"! And they didn't. :)
>
> Things are now hugely better, with editors that are very IDE-ish and
> eslint built in, and the language is finally getting functional features
> like map, reduce, and so on. The for loop? It's dead Jim. Yay.
>
> So there is a return to sanity and a healing from JS "fatigue". Simple JS,
> no task managers, and simple commands for minifying, linting, conversion to
> node modules, and so on. Write & Run w/ chores as scripts.
>
> Within that world, currently, is a very strong movement toward FP. Hence
> the article starting this conversation. And my hope for incrementally
> converting to FP.
>
>    -- Owen
>
> PS: My work is not very webby. Mainly a NetLogo lookalike for JS. No
> install, just start up a page. I render using webgl which oddly enough has
> a fairly nice language for the GPU, and Three.js eases much of the
> verbosity of the CPU side.
>
>
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