Functional Javascript
Posted 3 months ago at 2:38 am. 2 comments
I’ve been writing a ton of Javascript lately, and after stumbling upon a warm chestnut of nougat and caramel covered javascript goodness earlier today, I am wishing I would have seen it earlier.
I’ve learned most of what it is in this post the hard way after lots of trial and error, reading of tutorials, re-reading, experimenting, building, etc… Actually building things has been the best way in my experience to learn Javascript, but using this as you go and even reading it before diving into something will make those of you who aren’t entirely familiar with Javascript pro’s in no time at all.
It details a ton of the various ways to play with functions. Standard procedural functions, using functions as variables, passing functions to functions, using functions as arguments in other functions (Lambda, which until reading this, was a word I had only ever heard in the math world), anonymous functions, and having functions automatically call themselves.
It also does a great job explaining all of the standard methods and properties of functions. Truly an amazing resource, something which I will probably read many more times. Certainly one of the best javascript related articles to ever pass through my corneas. Tasty.
I also just realized in the “Recent Articles” section that mister Hunlock has a lot more knowledgeable tasty treats of javascript goodness. Get reading!
Javascript is really starting to prove its worth.
Javascript is based on EMCA script (actually, it IS EMCA script, renamed and extended). Some of the best functionality you can find to tie into are done through some of the newer frameworks. If you are getting excited about JS, check out JQuery some time. You will fall even further into love with it.