Designing Applications with the Functional Paradigm

Functional programming has been around for a long time, but in recent years almost all mainstream languages have eagerly embraced it. Developers are no longer thinking it it is a good idea, but are building systems with the constructs of functional programming. In reality, we are building systems with hybrid models, imperative, object-oriented, and functional paradigms.

In this presentation we will take a quick look at the main benefits and capabilities of functional programming, some of the requirements, and how we can design systems in a way we can practically honor those requirements in order to reap the benefits of the paradigm. We will draw inspirations from practical applications and libraries that illustrate how to design and architect using the functional approach.

About Venkat Subramaniam

Dr. Venkat Subramaniam is an award-winning author, founder of Agile Developer, Inc., creator of agilelearner.com, and an instructional professor at the University of Houston.

He has trained and mentored thousands of software developers in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia, and is a regularly-invited speaker at several international conferences. Venkat helps his clients effectively apply and succeed with sustainable agile practices on their software projects.

Venkat is a (co)author of multiple technical books, including the 2007 Jolt Productivity award winning book Practices of an Agile Developer. You can find a list of his books at agiledeveloper.com. You can reach him by email at venkats@agiledeveloper.com or on twitter at @venkat_s.

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