2 Functional thinking in action

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In this chapter

  • See examples of functional thinking applied to real problems.
  • Understand why stratified design can help organize your software.
  • Learn how actions can be visualized in timelines.
  • See how timelines help you discover and resolve problems having to do with timing.

This chapter will give a broad overview of the two big ideas we will address in this book. Your main goal should be to get a taste of thinking with FP. Don’t worry about understanding everything right away. Remember that each of these ideas will be addressed in several chapters later on. This will be a whirlwind tour of functional thinking ...

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