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On Apr 17 Geert Van Laethem wrote: Think functional in 2014
The first video series that I took was functional thinking. I was interested because it could inspire me to how to teach the best way to my fellow developers what functional programming actually is. As I and my fellow developers actually reside in the .NET world and these videos of Neal Ford are based on the JVM world I could not match it on a one-on-one. Neal explains every aspect very clear and concise. He starts with an overview and goes into every property of functional programming. Neal uses one example that he made in plain Java and shows how it can be done in a 'functional way'. Full Review  >

Rating: 4.0

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On Oct 19 Jim Schubert wrote: Functional Thinking is... functional
I especially enjoyed Neal's discussion about the paradigm shift from object-oriented programming to more functional programming. He is able to support this with concrete examples of functional concepts like map/fold, functional data structures, preferring composition over inheritance, and a lot more that I think any developer of any experience level would benefit from watching. Full Review  >

Rating: 5.0

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On Aug 10 Jason Irwin wrote: Excellent Series
Functional Thinking by Neil Ford of Thoughtworks is another great series in the O'Reilly video library. As I've come to expect from O'Reilly videos, the production quality, picture and audio are excellent. The content is also pretty great. The key to this title is in the name - Functional Thinking. The aim of these videos isn't to teach a specific functional programming language, and you won't be fluent in a specific language as a result of watching them. Instead, the focus is on thinking a little bit differently. As Mr. Ford emphasizes: learning functional programming isn't comparable to learning a new language - it is a new way of thinking. This is a very important distinction and one i'm glad that the author made. Full Review  >

Rating: 5.0

On Jul 7 David Paccoud wrote: Very good introduction to FP concepts
I highly recommand this serie of videos on Functional Programming concepts. Neal Ford is doing a great job explaining why you should considered them and how they can help you be a better programmer. Full Review  >

Rating: 5.0

On Jun 28 David Witherspoon wrote: Functional Thinking: Functional Programming using Java, Clojure, and Scala by Neal Ford; O’Reilly Media
Overall if you are looking for an introduction into why functional programming has been and will continue to gain traction, this is a good collection of videos for you to watch. Keep in mind that this is more of an introduction and you cannot explain everything in under 4 hours of lecture. Full Review  >

Rating: 4.0

On Jun 18 Tushar Jain wrote:
This video is a excellent medium for those who want to explore function paradigm. Full Review  >

Rating: 4.0

On Jun 15 Mark Lai wrote:
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Rating: 5.0

On Jun 11 Krzysztof Ropiak wrote: Functional Thinking by Neal Ford, O'Reilly Media
Neal Ford in his video presents functional programming's foundations and principles as he believes that this paradigm is going to dominate software development as mainstream technologies are including its features more and more. He believes that learning syntax of new programming languages is easy, so instead teaches you about new ways… Full Review  >

Rating: 4.0

On Jun 4 Marcelo Olivas wrote: Functional Thinking Video Review
I was skeptical about this presentation, but I am a fan of Neal Ford so I decided to give it a shot. Overall, I was very pleased with the content mainly because it did not focused on syntax, it focused on context! "Functional" is more a way of thinking than a tool set. For anyone to understand functional programming you need to understand the concepts, and Neal achieved this in his presentation. Full Review  >

Rating: 5.0

On May 21 Markus Jais wrote:
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Rating: 5.0