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You're reading from Hands-On Functional Programming with C++ An effective guide to writing accelerated functional code using C++17 and C++20

Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2019

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781789807332

Length 358 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

C++

Concepts

Functional Programming

Author (1):

Alexandru Bolboaca

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Table of Contents (23) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Functional Building Blocks in C++ FREE CHAPTER

2. An Introduction to Functional Programming

3. Understanding Pure Functions

4. Deep Dive into Lambdas

5. The Idea of Functional Composition

6. Partial Application and Currying

7. Section 2: Design with Functions

8. Thinking in Functions - from Data in to Data out

9. Removing Duplication with Functional Operations

10. Improving Cohesion Using Classes

11. Test-Driven Development for Functional Programming

12. Section 3: Reaping the Benefits of Functional Programming

13. Performance Optimization

14. Property-Based Testing

15. Refactoring to and through Pure Functions

16. Immutability and Architecture - Event Sourcing

17. Section 4: The Present and Future of Functional Programming in C++

18. Lazy Evaluation Using the Ranges Library

19. STL Support and Proposals

20. Standard Language Support and Proposals

21. Assessments

22. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Questions

What is functional composition?
Functional composition has a property that is usually associated with mathematical operations. What is it?
How can you turn an add function with two parameters into two functions with one parameter?
How can you write a C++ function that comprises two single argument functions?
What are the advantages of functional composition?
What are the potential disadvantages of implementing operations on functions?

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Authors (1)

Alexandru Bolboacă

Alexandru Bolboacă is a CTO, passionate polyglot programmer, senior trainer, and advisor at Mozaic Works. With over 20 years in software development, he has worked in various industries and across European countries, as well as the UK and the USA. He has been involved in large projects in sectors such as banking and financial services, energy, telecommunications, pharma, and eHealth. Drawing from practical experience, he advises and teaches architecture and usable software design, evolutionary design, crafting code, clean code, secure coding, and refactoring legacy code. Alex enjoys helping teams and organizations understand and build strategies for successful and robust products, built-in quality, and motivation.

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