Notes for session "Ramda: a functional utility belt" at JSUnconf 2016

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Ramda homepage: http://ramdajs.com/

Apprentice: Basic functional programming with Ramda

JS Bin that I used to demo Ramda: http://jsbin.com/cosati/edit?js,output

These are a nice introductions to basic functional programming with Ramda:

• Why Ramda? (article),
• Why Curry Helps (article) and
• Hey Underscore, You're Doing It Wrong! (video)

tap is a really helpful to console.log-debug in compose and pipe:

r.compose(  
	…,
	r.tap(console.log),
	…
)

Journeyman

Once you have mastered basic processing, you should look at these Ramda functions: converge, ap, mergeAll

Master craftsman

Learn about lenses and transducers. This post is a great introduction by example: http://simplectic.com/blog/2015/ramda-transducers-logs/

Travel to Fantasy Land (aka “Algebraic JavaScript Specification”).

Sanctuary is a great complement to Ramda and takes you into Elm territory.