Re:In web design, everything easy is hard again
by pka on Saturday February 10, 2018 @09:08AM
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> And for non-functional languages?
I would recommend Typescript then.
> Frankly, I am not sure why is functional paradigm considered a savior and better approach for inherently non-concurrent web frontend technology.
True, FP excels at concurrent programming, but that's far from its only strong point. I'd propose that React-like architectures (which are based around a pure Model -> View function) and functional languages are a match made in heaven.
I would recommend Typescript then.
> Frankly, I am not sure why is functional paradigm considered a savior and better approach for inherently non-concurrent web frontend technology.
True, FP excels at concurrent programming, but that's far from its only strong point. I'd propose that React-like architectures (which are based around a pure Model -> View function) and functional languages are a match made in heaven.