[OKC JUG] June Meeting - What Is Functional Programming and Why Should You Care?

Ivan Zhidov izhidov at gmail.com
Thu Jun 23 10:20:18 PDT 2016


There's a new startup hiring a Java developer in OKC, sounds interesting.
They should be at June meeting.

https://vigilantaerospace.com/vigilant-aerospace-hiring-java-developer-work-with-drone-software-robotics-automation-and-flight-safety/



On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 9:43 AM, Jason Lee <jason at steeplesoft.com> wrote:

> Join us for the June OKC JUG, where Jordan Parmer will talk about "What Is
> Functional Programming and Why Should You Care?" Details below. G+ event
> link: https://plus.google.com/events/ctaq22tqfbq0mbbqphhpose1ch8
>
>
> Title: What Is Functional Programming and Why Should You Care?
>
> Summary: It's hard to ignore the growing number of Functional Programming
> languages. Haskell, Scala, Clojure, F#, Erlang, R, and many more. But what
> is Functional
> Programming and why should you care?  This talk sets out to demystify FP,
> debunk
> common misconceptions, and highlight ways FP can solve certain problems.
> Stuck
> with Java or C#. No worries! Functional programming doesn't require a
> purely
> functional programming language. It's a different way of building. Let's
> get
> functional!
>
> Bio: Jordan Parmer is a software engineer at Oseberg and leads the Data
> Platform
> team. Jordan has been a professional software developer for twelve years
> and
> specializes in GIS, data technologies, and most recently functional
> programming.
> You can occasionally find him teaching database classes at Oklahoma
> Christian
> University.
>
>
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