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Mastering Functional Programming with OCaml and Haskell

Name: Mastering Functional Programming with OCaml and Haskell
Price: 59 USD
Author: Minh Quang Tran PhD

Gain insights into functional programming with OCaml and Haskell, explore lambda calculus, abstractions, and dataflows, and learn to apply these concepts to real-world scenarios, contrasting with Java.

40 lessons

9h 5min

Created by Minh Quang Tran PhD

Mastering Functional Programming with OCaml and Haskell

What's included

40 lessons across 9 modules
6 quizzes with instant feedback
AI Tutor on every lesson

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What You'll Learn

A strong understanding of the core concepts of functional programming
Hands-on experience with functional programming techniques in both OCaml and Haskell
The ability to determine when either functional or imperative programming is best for a project
A deep familiarity with the fundamentals of programming functions in any language, particularly in parsing, type checking, compilation and execution

Learning Roadmap

40 Lessons6 Quizzes20 Challenges

Introduction

Get familiar with functional programming principles, their significance, and practical applications.

About This Course

A Bite of Functional Programming

Why Functional Programming Matters?

Quiz on Imperative vs Functional Programming

Expressions: Building Blocks of Functional Programs

Unpack the core of functional programming expressions, syntax, parsing, types, values, naming, and challenges.

Functional Programming is All About Expressions

Syntax of Expressions

Parsing Expressions

Types of Expressions

Values of Expressions

Assign Names to Expressions

Programming Challenges

Quiz on Expressions

Building Abstractions with Functions

7 Lessons

Master the steps to build abstractions with functions using concepts like lambda calculus, currying, and recursion.

Compound Data Types

5 Lessons

Apply your skills to understand and utilize tuples, lists, and algebraic datatypes in OCaml.

Common Computation Patterns

6 Lessons

Solve problems in common computation patterns like map, filter, fold, and zip functions.

Dataflow Programming with Functions

4 Lessons

Implement dataflow models using lists and streams, and tackle practical programming challenges.

Applying Functional Programming to Various Domains

2 Lessons

Practice using functional programming to handle collections and process hierarchical data structures like JSON.

Conclusion

2 Lessons

Learn how to use functional programming strengths in projects and access advanced resources.

Appendix

2 Lessons

Look at installing OCaml and Haskell compilers, including using their respective REPLs.

Certificate of Completion

Showcase your accomplishment by sharing your certificate of completion.

About this course

WHY I WROTE THIS COURSE

Functional programming is a paradigm that builds complete applications by breaking down programs into constituent functions that empowers developers to build fast, bug-resistant applications. You’ll be introduced to functional programming with illustrative examples contrasting the more widely used imperative programming paradigm. You’ll review lambda calculus as an introduction to expressions, the building blocks of functional programs. You’ll continue with abstractions and complex data types before exploring common computation patterns. Next, you’ll learn how dataflows create whole programs out of existing functions. Finally, you’ll finish by applying your functional programming knowledge to various real-world scenarios. At each step, you’ll learn OCaml and Haskell, while contrasting imperative programming with Java. By the end of this course, you’ll be prepared to use functional programming in your daily work and have the framework to know when to use either imperative or functional paradigms.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Minh Quang Tran PhD

I'm a passionate and world open-minded software engineer with a solid theoretical background. I've worked both in tech startups and big companies for many years. I hold a doctoral degree in Computer Science from Technical University of Berlin, Germany.

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