My Medium blog

09 Mar 2020

I previously did my blogging on Medium. I plan to convert my old blog posts from JavaScript+Flow to TypeScript, and move them here. In the meantime, though, here are links to most of my older posts:

On functors: (prelude to inevitable monad tutorial)

• A Short Introduction to Functors
• An Introduction to Applicative Functors
• Functional Side Effects with Applicatives, parts One, Two, and Three

On functional programming basics:

• Partial Function Application in JavaScript and Flow
• Currying and Uncurrying in JavaScript and Flow
• An Introduction to Function Fixed Points with the Y-Combinator
• Variations on the Y-Combinator and Recursion

On combinator libraries: Building a Functional Parsing Library in JavaScript and Flow

On recursion schemes:

• Recursion Schemes in JavaScript and Flow with static-land-recursion-schemes
• A Brief Introduction to Recursion Schemes
• Catamorphisms
• Anamorphisms
• Hylomorphisms

On type systems:

• What is Higher-Kinded Polymorphism?
• Higher-Kinded Polymorphism with JavaScript and Flow, in Depth