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Functional Programming with Python

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Write more readable, maintainable code by making the switch to functional programming. Learn about the key concepts of functional programming and how to apply them in Python.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • A functional approach to transform code
  • What you should know
  • Installing Python
1. Introductory Functional Concepts
  • The goal of functional programming
  • Declarative versus imperative programming
  • Immutability
  • Separation of data and functions
  • First-class functions
2. First-Class Functions
  • Functions as data, part 1
  • Functions as data, part 2
  • Passing functions as arguments
  • Returning functions
  • Closure
  • Higher-order functions
3. Python: The Functional Parts
  • Python: The functional parts
  • Mapping
  • Filtering
  • Lambdas in Python
  • List comprehensions in Python
  • Reducing
  • Combining list functions
  • Challenge: Converting to list comprehensions
  • Solution: Converting to list comprehensions
4. Advanced Functional Concepts
  • Advanced functional concepts
  • Partial application and currying
  • Recursion
Conclusion
  • Go further

Taught by

Shaun Wassell

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