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Learn Functional Programming in Python

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Provider

Boot.dev
Pricing

Paid Course
Languages

English
Certificate

Certificate Available
Effort

22 hours
Sessions

Self-Paced
Level

Intermediate

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Overview

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Learn functional programming in Python with pure functions, immutability, recursion, higher-order functions, closures, and practical FP patterns.

Syllabus

What is Functional Programming?

Learn about the difference between OOP and functional styles, and what the real difference is: imperative vs. declarative

First-Class Functions

First-class and higher-order functions are foundational to everything we do in the functional paradigm.

Pure Functions

My favorite part of functional programming is the focus on pure functions that are easy to test and reason about

Recursion

While not unique to functional programming, recursion is a powerful tool that is used often when trying to avoid imperative code

Function Transformations

Learn how to transform functions into other functions to write more abstract and generalized code

Closures

Learn about encapsulating state within functions and how to use closures to write more expressive code

Currying

Learn to transform a function with multiple parameters into a series of functions with one parameter, and why you might want to do that

Decorators

Learn about Python's decorators and how they're essentially syntactic sugar for higher-order functions

Sum Types

Learn about sum types, a powerful way to represent data that is used in many functional languages

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