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- By Mashooq Badar
- Posted 17 Nov 2017
Fractured Skill: Compartmentalising Software Development
An assembly line is where the machine or a process directs the person to perform a well-defined task. Here, the person is little more than a piece of the machinery to churn out the same product over and over again. There is no room for...
- By Jorge Gueorguiev Garcia
- Posted 16 Nov 2017
Katas For Functional Calisthenics
The Setup While working on katas to test the functional calisthenics I realized that some of the rules were not going to be covered by the rules for the katas that I had choosen. Therefore, some additional rules/premises/requirements to the katas were needed. Here I...
- By Dan Cohen
- Posted 13 Nov 2017
Tetris AI, Experiments 1 & 2: Single Parent Evolutionary Algorithm
Abstract (why not make it formal) In this experiment, I implement an evolutionary algorithm with no crossover to evolve a neural network with the intention of having it learn to play tetris. I assess the results of my evolutionary algorithm applied to learning tetris. The...
- By Sergio Rodrigo Royo
- Posted 09 Nov 2017
Lambda Calculus for mortal developers
Lambda Calculus sounds like an arcane term that only functional programming wizards can understand. Nothing could be further from the truth. We use Lambda Calculus everyday when we program. It is the most reducible form of all Functional Programming languages; the primitive building block of...
- By Luciano Palma
- Posted 05 Nov 2017
Legacy Coderetreat - Overcoming challenges together
Introduction We recently hosted our very first Legacy Coderetreat here at Codurance London. The event was organised by Cyryl Płotnicki and Robert Firek, with Daniel and myself helping and participating throughout the day. We had a very good number of attendees, especially given the fact...
- By Christian Panadero Martinez
- Posted 02 Nov 2017
Side effects
Functional programming is based on the simple premise that your functions should not have side effects, they are considered evil in this paradigm. If a function has side effects we call it a procedure, so functions do not have side effects. We consider that a...
- By Raquel M Carmena
- Posted 30 Oct 2017
Lambda World Conference 2017
Thanks Codurance for giving me the opportunity of attending Lambda World Conference 2017 last 26th and 27th October in Cádiz (Spain), a Functional Programming event consisting of two intense days: A half-day of open space A half-day of workshops A full day of talks Rúnar...
- Posted 26 Oct 2017
Newsletter - October 2017
Hi, This month we've taken a reflective view of the first SC London Conference, made a case for Outside-In Development, and looked at Functional Programming and Reactive Architectures. There's also a link to the SC London 2017 videos; if you haven't seen these yet, then...
- By Carlos Morera de la Chica
- Posted 26 Oct 2017
Conventional Interfaces in Functional Programming
Whilst reading Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, also known as the SICP book, I discovered the concept of Sequences as Conventional Interfaces. Even though it is an idea that I was somewhat familiar with, it was the first time I encountered a more formal...
- By Sandro Mancuso
- Posted 23 Oct 2017
A Case for Outside-In Development
There is no reason to have a backend when there is no front-end. There is no reason to have an API when there is no one to consume it. There is no reason to have a class when there is no other class (or framework)...
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