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Great article. Though I think someone unfamiliar with functional programming will get lost around the code block where you introduce: Assign, Maybe, composeK, converge, isArray,
isObject, isString, liftA2, mreduceMap, objOf,
prop, safe.
There is a lot to digest in there. If you don't already have an understanding of every one of those functions, you risk losing the reader.
It could be helpful to have a step before this to explain these concepts. I think if someone already understands these, they will also already know what a Monad is too.
Thanks so much for the feedback.
The intent for that is not to understand it, but compare how things look differently. Personally I like to show the end goal, at a glance. It is my hope by the end of this series they will be able to understand it.
Maybe I could lead with the paragraph saying it is okay to not understand this, just look at the style. Thoughts?
Cofounded Host Collective (DiscountASP.net). Cofounded Player Axis (Social Gaming). Computer Scientist and Technology Evangelist with 20+ years of experience with JavaScript!
Great article. Though I think someone unfamiliar with functional programming will get lost around the code block where you introduce:
Assign, Maybe, composeK, converge, isArray,.isObject, isString, liftA2, mreduceMap, objOf,
prop, safe
There is a lot to digest in there. If you don't already have an understanding of every one of those functions, you risk losing the reader.
It could be helpful to have a step before this to explain these concepts. I think if someone already understands these, they will also already know what a
Monadis too.Cheers!
Thanks so much for the feedback.
The intent for that is not to understand it, but compare how things look differently. Personally I like to show the end goal, at a glance. It is my hope by the end of this series they will be able to understand it.
Maybe I could lead with the paragraph saying it is okay to not understand this, just look at the style. Thoughts?
I guess it depends on who your target audience is. There are a lot of functions a non FPer has never been exposed to.