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Is Javascript a Functional Programming Language
Is Javascript a functional language? I know it has objects & you can do OOP with it also, but is it also a functional language, can it be used in that way?
You know how OOP became/seems like the ...
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Performance: recursion vs. iteration in Javascript
I have read recently some articles (e.g. http://dailyjs.com/2012/09/14/functional-programming/) about the functional aspects of Javascript and the relationship between Scheme and Javascript (the ...
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How to write manageable code with functional programming?
I just started with functional programming (with JavaScript and Node.js) and from the look of things it looks as if the code I am writing would grow to be one hell of a code base to manage, when ...
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Compute if a function is pure
As per Wikipedia:
In computer programming, a function may be described as pure if both these statements about the function hold:
The function always evaluates the same result value given the ...
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What is the name for a NON-self-calling function?
I have a collection of normal functions and self-calling functions within a javascript file. In my comments i want to say something along the lines of "This script can contain both self-calling and ...
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Javascript, functional programming and parallel processing
When I use jquery library I notice that the code will continue execution regardless the previous line complete the execution. More precisely while using jquery ajax, it will continue execution without ...
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Functional reactive programming — is Fay expressive enough?
So I'm doing a fairly involved javascript/html client with lots of ajax calls and other involvements of callback-ism. I'm entertaining the thought of using Fay for this purpose. I'm aware of Elm. ...
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How to have a maintainable and manageable Javascript code base [closed]
I am starting a new job soon as a frontend developer. The App I would be working on is 100% Javascript on the client side. all the server returns is an index page that loads all the Javascript files ...
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Functional Programming, JavaScript and UI - some neophyte questions
In the discussion here, the comments in the accepted answer suggest that I approach the given code from a functional perspective, which was new to me at the time. Wikipedia said, among other things, ...
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Sorting : Useful for more than just viewing data?
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I'm currently working on a personal project involving functional reactive JavaScript, and I've come up with an odd question. Note that this question is not JavaScript specific, but that is ...
