I just released a FREE course on Udemy titled Functional Programming with Origami. The course utilizes Origami and C# to teach elemental constructs of Functional Programming.
A description of the course is given below. You can enroll in the course by clicking here. You can download the source code for this course by clicking here.
- I took my inspiration for creating this course by remembering how one learns as a child. Whether it was learning to count on your fingers or the realization of symmetry, one comes to by building things with toy blocks.
- The origami examples in this course are designed to help you understand what is being demonstrated via the code examples both visually and tactilely.
- There are many code examples in this course written in C#, with each module’s examples building on the previous.
- The core of this course centers around the types List, Option, and Either; you’ll learn what these types model and how they add an “effect” to other types.
- The functions Return, Map and Bind are demonstrated in numerous code examples, and you’ll see how they can be “composed” and used together.
- You’ll learn the difference between Total and Partial Functions and how to turn Partial Functions into Total Functions.
- At the crescendo of this course, the “patterns” Functor and Monad are unveiled and explained in simple and easy-to-understand terms.
- Toward the end of the course, you’ll be given links to several resources to help you continue your functional programming journey.
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