This is some setup for us to do typed functional programmin in JavaScript. Some words from Dr Boolean to give us some context:
Why types (We're using flow as there is no Hindley Milner typechecker for JavaScript)
I have made lots of stuff that should really be peer deps as dev deps.
This means you can just clone this repo and npm i (or yarn install)
and get everything you need.
(It will take a few minutes).
Try running the test script npm t / npm test.
This will take a little while on the first run, but will be quick thereafter.
Also try npm start
(you should get a "I'm working" message in the console).
I've aliased a couple of modules as npm scripts.
This means you don't have to do ./node_modules/.bin/flow myFile.js or whatever.
Instead you can npm run flow -- myFile.js.
Or, to run code, rpm run babel -- myFile.js.
(Okay, maybe not a HUGE improvement).
Have a play around in week-0.
Please let me know if you have any issues with getting all of this setup!
I know we have 'JavaScript fatigue', but this seemed the way that was quickest for me and you of getting setup.
We're set up to use whichever features of ESWhenever that we feel the need for. Flow is in place. Everything should be as pure as possible
To make flow happy, we're going to be using classes. It's a bit gross, but it works.
I thought we might start with (bold indicates more likely things to include):
- Linked list exercises
- Binary tree exercises
- Probably just head to 'FP in Scala' for the following
- Optionality & Totality
- Functional interfaces: Semigroup & Monoid
- Functional interfaces: Functor
- Etc
Weekly, Fridays, 2-3?