Closing Thoughts
Explore the final reflections on functional programming with TypeScript and the fp-ts library. Understand core FP concepts such as pure functions, immutability, monads, and see how these ideas can be applied in real-world projects. This lesson helps consolidate your knowledge and guides next steps for continued learning and practice.
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What we learned
Functional programming (FP) is a programming paradigm that focuses on the use of functions as the primary building blocks for creating applications, as opposed to object-oriented programming (OOP), which focuses on classes that encapsulate both state and behavior. FP has a strong mathematical background, is popular in academic circles, and has been growing in popularity among professional programmers.
However, as a paradigm, object-oriented programming still reigns supreme, with many widely used languages geared toward OOP, including C++, C#, and Java. Hybrid languages like Kotlin and Swift make functional programming an option, but they still only represent a minority of use cases in the industry. Meanwhile, ...