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Hands-On Functional Programming with TypeScript

By : Remo H. Jansen
Book Image

Hands-On Functional Programming with TypeScript

By: Remo H. Jansen

Overview of this book

Functional programming is a powerful programming paradigm that can help you to write better code. However, learning functional programming can be complicated, and the existing literature is often too complex for beginners. This book is an approachable introduction to functional programming and reactive programming with TypeScript for readers without previous experience in functional programming with JavaScript, TypeScript , or any other programming language. The book will help you understand the pros, cons, and core principles of functional programming in TypeScript. It will explain higher order functions, referential transparency, functional composition, and monads with the help of effective code examples. Using TypeScript as a functional programming language, you’ll also be able to brush up on your knowledge of applying functional programming techniques, including currying, laziness, and immutability, to real-world scenarios. By the end of this book, you will be confident when it comes to using core functional and reactive programming techniques to help you build effective applications with TypeScript.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
5
The Runtime – Closures and Prototypes

Understanding the event loop

The TypeScript runtime (JavaScript) has a concurrency model based on an event loop. This model is quite different from the model in other languages, such as C or Java. Before focusing on the event loop itself, we must first understand a number of runtime concepts.

What follows is a visual representation of some critical runtime concepts: HEAP, STACK, QUEUE, and FRAME:

We will now look at the role of each of these runtime concepts.

Frames

A frame is a sequential unit of work. In the preceding diagram, frames are represented by the blocks inside the stack.

When a function is invoked in JavaScript, the runtime creates a frame in the stack. The frame holds that function's arguments and local...