Functors, Monoids, and Monads: A Panel Discussion

Yes, we're talking about Category Theory. I'm pretty sure someone will say "Haskell (https://www.haskell.org)" too. Check it out we'll be in Kailua!

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We have a panel trifecta:

• Functors, by Kevin McCarthy (https://twitter.com/kevin1024)

• Monoids, by Andrew Johnson (https://www.linkedin.com/pub/andrew-johnson/4/bb2/4b8) (this one (https://www.linkedin.com/pub/andrew-johnson/4/bb2/4b8), not this one (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Johnson))

• Monads, by Anjul Srivastava

What are those things? Well one way to find out is to look at some pictures (http://adit.io/posts/2013-04-17-functors,_applicatives,_and_monads_in_pictures.html). Why are they important? Check out these reasons:

• How important are Haskell's advanced concepts like Monads and Applicative Functors for most routine programming tasks? (http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/95966/how-important-are-haskells-advanced-concepts-like-monads-and-applicative-functo)

• Functor, Applicative, and Monad (https://www.fpcomplete.com/school/advanced-haskell/functors-applicative-functors-and-monads)

• Monoids, Functors, Applicatives, and Monads: 10 Main Ideas (https://monadmadness.wordpress.com/2015/01/02/monoids-functors-applicatives-and-monads-10-main-ideas/)

• Why are functors, applicative functors and monads important/advantageous in functional programming? (http://www.quora.com/Why-are-functors-applicative-functors-and-monads-important-advantageous-in-functional-programming-not-looking-for-a-definition)

Come get a feel for what all the Haskelly fuss is about. And, bring your GHCI (https://wiki.haskell.org/Haskell_in_5_steps).

Thanks to the brilliant and kind folks at Real Geeks (http://www.realgeeks.com) for hosting this meetup.