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Thinking with a Functional Mindset - Nimrod Wandera | TW Tech Talks

1,335 views · Published 9 October 2017 · 54:22 · Indexed 26 October 2026

Channel: Thoughtworks · 2017 · Science & Technology

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You can start coding in a functional way today. It doesn’t matter which programming language you are using, you don’t need to be using Scala, Elixir, or Haskell. Treating your applications as data transformation tools will lead to cleaner and more maintainable code.

Nimrod will cover some of the core concepts of thinking with a functional mindset. He will outlay the mistakes that are often made when adopting this approach and how to avoid them, as well as showing some code examples in common languages.

Come along to learn the principals, or for a refresher if you are already familiar.


Nimrod Wandera works at ThoughtWorks as a software developer with over six years of experience building a wide range of applications. He has worked on mobile and web applications in a range of domains, from social research to statistical and operations research to public health. He has focused majorly creating web and mobile applications, migrating web applications to the cloud, infrastructure automation and agile coaching. For the past 2 years, he’s been mostly doing functional programming in Elixir and applying FP principles to Python, Javascript and Java. 


The slides from this talk can be found on Slideshare:
https://www.slideshare.net/NimrodWandera/thinking-with-a-functional-mindset-80617666

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