Exception Handling in Functional and Reactive Programming

Exception Handling in Functional and Reactive Programming

Functional and reactive programming is gaining popularity and use. One hurdle developers face using these approaches is exception handling. Dealing with exceptions in these styles is confusing in the beginning and is often messy and error-prone. In this presentation, we will step back and take a closer look at exception handling, its role in functional and reactive programming, and discuss the dos and don'ts for exception handling. We will learn using concrete examples and live coding to illustrate the problem and the possible solutions.

Bio:
Dr. Venkat Subramaniam is an award-winning author, founder of Agile Developer, Inc., and an instructional professor at the University of Houston.

He has trained and mentored thousands of software developers in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia, and is a regularly-invited speaker at several international conferences. Venkat helps his clients effectively apply and succeed with sustainable agile practices on their software projects.

Venkat is a (co)author of multiple technical books, including the 2007 Jolt Productivity award-winning book Practices of an Agile Developer. You can find a list of his books at agiledeveloper.com. You can reach him by email at [venkats@agiledeveloper.com](mailto:venkats@agiledeveloper.com) or on Twitter at @venkat_s.