Beginner
95 Lessons
5h
Certificate of Completion
Takeaway Skills
Learn to implement functional programming in Python.
Understand the pros and cons of functional programming in Python.
Master the ways to obtain function objects.
Grasp the concept of mutability and recursion in Python.
Acquire skill of using closures as function factories.
Learn to differentiate between iterators and iterables.
Become competent in creating, reducing, and transforming iterables.
Master list comprehensions and generator comprehensions.
Implement function composition and partial application.
Get familiar with functors, applicatives, and monads.
Course Overview
The functional programming paradigm can be a powerful tool, especially as it can be integrated seamlessly with procedural and object-oriented code in Python. In this course, you’ll learn what functional programming is, how it’s used, and the features of Python that support it. To start, you’ll learn how functions act as objects, the role of mutability, and how to perform recursion. In the latter half of the course, you’ll focus on closures, iterables & iterators, generators, and more. Throughout the cou...
Course Content
Introduction
Functions as Objects
Mutability
Recursion
Functional Programming in Python - Exam 1
Assessment
Closures
Iterators
13 Lessons
Transforming Iterables
9 Lessons
Reducing Iterables
7 Lessons
Functional Programming in Python - Exam 2
Assessment
Comprehensions
5 Lessons
Generators
7 Lessons
Partial Application and Currying
10 Lessons
Functors and Monads
6 Lessons
Functional Programming in Python - Exam 3
Assessment
Useful Libraries
2 Lessons
Conclusion
1 Lesson
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