Learn Functional Programming in Python
Lane is a back-end engineer and the lead instructor of Boot.dev. He has taught over one million students worldwide.
boot.dev About this course
Functional programming knowledge is critical to being a well-rounded developer. Learn the conceptual fundamentals in Python. Functional programming is back in vogue. There's a reason front-end frameworks like React and Vue are moving toward functional programming, and after this course you'll more than understand its benefits. We'll dive in-depth into all of the foundational concepts of functional programming in a familiar language.
What you'll learn
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
