What is Functional Programming and Why Should You Care?

What is functional programming? It’s hard to ignore the growing popularity of Functional Programming techniques and languages. Scala, Haskell, F#, Clojure, Erlang, R, Elm, and many others. But what is Functional Programming and why should you care?

This talk sets out to demystify FP, debunk common misconceptions, and highlight what problems FP solves. Stuck in C#, Java, or JavaScript. No worries! Functional programming doesn’t necessarily require a purely functional programming language. It’s a different way of building. Let’s get functional!

Speaker:

Jordan Parmer it tech lead for the Data Platform team at Oseberg in OKC. He's been functional programming professionally for over 3 years, specializes in data processing pipelines using reactive processing techniques, and dabbles in Category Theory. His favorite functional language is Scala.