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Learning C++ Functional Programming

By : Wisnu Anggoro
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Book Image

Learning C++ Functional Programming

5 (1)
By: Wisnu Anggoro

Overview of this book

Functional programming allows developers to divide programs into smaller, reusable components that ease the creation, testing, and maintenance of software as a whole. Combined with the power of C++, you can develop robust and scalable applications that fulfill modern day software requirements. This book will help you discover all the C++ 17 features that can be applied to build software in a functional way. The book is divided into three modules—the first introduces the fundamentals of functional programming and how it is supported by modern C++. The second module explains how to efficiently implement C++ features such as pure functions and immutable states to build robust applications. The last module describes how to achieve concurrency and apply design patterns to enhance your application’s performance. Here, you will also learn to optimize code using metaprogramming in a functional way. By the end of the book, you will be familiar with the functional approach of programming and will be able to use these techniques on a daily basis.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Title Page
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface

Summary


We have refreshed our experience in the C++ language by completing this chapter. Now we know that C++ is more modern, and it comes with numerous features that assist us in creating a better program. We can use the Standard Library to make our code efficient since we don't need to write too many redundant functions. We can use the Lambda expression to make our code tidy, easy to read, and easy to maintain. We can also use the smart pointer so we don't need to worry about memory management anymore. Moreover, as we are concerned about immutability in functional programming, we will discuss that deeper in the next chapter; the use of tuples can help us ensure that no global state is involved in our code.

In the next chapter, we will discuss First-Class and Pure Function, which is used to purify our class and ensure that no outside state is involved in the current function. As a result, it will avoid side effects in our functional code.