iOS, mainly thanks to Swift, is transitioning to a whole new level. Now you hear more about Functional Programming, Reactive Programming, Immutability and so much more:
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Great introduction by Andy Matuschak about why this concepts are important and how they help to make better software
https://developer.apple.com/videos/wwdc/2014/
http://realm.io/news/andy-matuschak-controlling-complexity/ -
Rich Hickey, the author of Clojure, is an independent software designer, consultant and application architect with over 20 years of experience in all facets of software development. http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Are-We-There-Yet-Rich-Hickey
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Haskell and Scala are probably some of the most relevant functional languages out there, learning them is embracing the new wave
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Learn Haskell
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Principles of Reactive Programming
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Mostly Adequate Guide to Functional Programming in Javascript https://drboolean.gitbooks.io/mostly-adequate-guide/
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Dan Grossman’s Programming Languages Course
http://oleb.net/blog/2014/12/programming-languages-mooc/ -
Functional Programming Principles in Scala
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Immutability: It's much easier to deal with 2 immutable things than 1 mutable. You can pass them around and no one can change them.
Immutability = happy programer lifehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK3vO3fUnlo