Functional javascript using underscore

Gary Kenneally published on 2013-07-21 included in categories Functional-Programming Javascript Underscore

Functional javascript using underscore

Why?

A little while ago I picked up Functional Javascript by Michael Fogus. I’m only part way through it and to be honest I should probably have waited until I finished it before starting this post but…

There is a central theme to this book which intrigued me, indeed its one of the main tenets of functional programming. It can be summed up in this quote:

“It is better to have 100 functions operate on one data structure than 10 functions on 10 data structures.” - Alan Perlis