Chapter 2. Higher-order JavaScript
This chapter covers
- Why JavaScript is a suitable functional language
- JavaScript as a language that enables multiparadigm development
- Immutability and policies for change
- Understanding higher-order and first-class functions
- Exploring the concepts of closures and scopes
- Practical use of closures
Natural language has no dominant paradigm, and neither does JavaScript. Developers can select from a grab bag of approaches—procedural, functional, and object-oriented—and blend them as appropriate.
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As applications get bigger, so does their complexity. No matter how good you think you are, turmoil is unavoidable if you don’t have the proper programming models in place. ...
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