25. Functional Programming Concepts

In this section

• Understanding Immutability in JavaScript: A Key to Functional Programming
  Explore the concept of immutability in JavaScript, its significance in functional programming, and how it helps prevent unintended side effects. Learn how to implement immutability and discover libraries that support immutable data structures.
• Pure Functions in JavaScript: Understanding and Implementing Side-Effect-Free Functions
  Explore the concept of pure functions in JavaScript, their characteristics, benefits, and how they contribute to predictable and testable code. Learn to distinguish between pure and impure functions with examples and understand the role of pure functions in facilitating parallelism.
• Function Composition in JavaScript: A Deep Dive into Complex Operations
  Explore the art of combining smaller functions into larger, more complex operations in JavaScript. Learn about function composition, associativity, and the use of compose and pipe functions from popular libraries.
• Lazy Evaluation in JavaScript: Delaying Computations for Efficiency
  Explore lazy evaluation in JavaScript, its benefits, and practical applications in functional programming. Learn how to implement lazy evaluation using generators and understand when to use or avoid it.
• Functional Programming Libraries in JavaScript
  Explore popular JavaScript libraries like Lodash and Ramda that enhance functional programming. Learn key functions, utilities, and examples to improve your coding efficiency.