Functional JavaScript

Foreword by Jeremy Ashkenas
Foreword by Steve Vinoski
Preface

1. Introducing Functional JavaScript
-The Case for JavaScript
-Getting Started with Functional Programming
-The Case for Underscore
-Summary

2. First-Class Functions and Applicative Programming
-Functions as First-Class Things
-Applicative Programming
-Data Thinking
-Summary

3. Variable Scope and Closures
-Global Scope
-Lexical Scope
-Dynamic Scope
-Function Scope
-Closures
-Summary

4. Higher-Order Functions
-Functions That Take Other Functions
-Functions That Return Other Functions
-Putting It All Together: Object Validators
-Summary

5. Function-Building Functions
-The Essence of Functional Composition
-Currying
-Partial Application
-Stitching Functions End-to-End with Compose
-Summary

6. Recursion
-Self-Absorbed Functions (Functions That Call Themselves)
-Codependent Functions (Functions Calling Other Functions That Call Back)
-Too Much Recursion!
-Recursion Is a Low-Level Operation
-Summary

7. Purity, Immutability, and Policies for Change
-Purity
-Immutability
-Policies for Controlling Change
-Summary

8. Flow-Based Programming
-Chaining
-Pipelining
-Data Flow versus Control Flow
-Summary

9. Programming Without Class
-Data Orientation
-Mixins
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Appendix A: Functional JavaScript in the Wild
Appendix B: Annotated Bibliography

Index