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Functional Programming with Java

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Learn how to write better, more organized code by leveraging core concepts of functional programming: immutability, data-function separation, and first-class functions.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Functional programming: A new way to organize code
  • What you should know
1. Introduction to Functional Programming
  • Why use functional programming?
  • What is declarative programming?
  • Immutability in functional programming
  • Functional purity
  • First-class functions
2. First-Class Functions
  • The function interface
  • Lambda expressions
  • BiFunctions and beyond
  • Functions as data
  • Passing functions as arguments
  • Returning functions
  • Closure
  • Higher-order functions
3. Working with Streams in Java
  • Map in Java
  • Filter in Java
  • Reduce in Java
  • Collect in Java
  • Challenge: Stream exercises
  • Solution: Stream exercises
  • Combine list functions
  • Parallel streams
  • Challenge: Average salary calculator
  • Solution: Average salary calculator
4. Advanced Concepts
  • Advanced functional concepts
  • Partial application and currying
  • Recursion
  • Composition
  • Challenge: Recursion
  • Solution: Recursion

Taught by

Shaun Wassell

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