Functional programming encourages expression-oriented programming, so you’ll want to avoid using statements as much as possible. For example, suppose you want to replace Java’s if – else ...

This tutorial explains what is different and special about a functional programmer's approach, and demonstrates how to implement JavaScript functions from a functional programming point of view. It ...

Even though functional programming has been around for over half a century, it has never gained the kind of popularity anywhere near what imperative programming (e.g. C, Java) achieved.

Functional supplier interface in Java tutorial There are only half a dozen classes you really need to master to become competent in the world of functional programming. The java.util.function package ...

¹ One of the “functional programming myths” I wrote about before is that “functional programming” is well-defined. It isn’t, and, even if we gave it a definition, the name would be a ...

A programming language that is based primarily on writing algorithms (functions). The syntax of functional programming (FP) is mathematical, and the languages are used for applications such as ...

Functional programming has “increased our reliability in a really big way,” said Adam Ernst, an engineer based at Facebook’s New York office, who oversaw the effort to rebuild the News Feed ...

I've been trying to learn Haskell lately, and the hardest thing seems to be learning about monads. "Monads in Ruby" and "Monads for Functional Programming" helped me finally to break the ice, but more ...