Functional Programming - A Talk by Paula Gearon
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Functional programming is a language agnostic programming paradigm. It's exploding in popularity due to the numerous benefits. Regardless of which language(s) you're familiar with, learning FP can help you level up as a developer :)
Previous experience with functional programming is not needed but prior coding experience in any language (JavaScript, Python, Ruby, Java, etc) will be helpful
- Our Speaker: Paula Gearon *
With more than 26 years in software development, Paula likes to work in the most technical parts of a system building the infrastructure that lets other developers do their jobs. She has been the technical lead on several commercial and open source projects, with a focus on data storage and processing, and was a lead editor for the SPARQL standard for accessing RDF databases. When not coding, she does triathlons, cooks, helps her children with homework, and is a project lead with Women Who Code. Originally from Australia, she currently lives with her family in rural Virginia. - Agenda *
- Networking/mingling (30 min)
- Talk (45 min)
- Q & A (15 min)
- Code of Conduct*
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Logistics
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