14.3 Summary
In this chapter, we offered a first introduction to functional programming with JavaScript. Of course, the subject of functional programming is far more complex than presented here.
If you want to learn more about this topic, and especially about its application in JavaScript, please refer to the book Composing Software: An Exploration of Functional Programming and Object Composition in JavaScript by Eric Elliott (2018), which introduces some advanced functional techniques that are commonly used in professional development with JavaScript.
From this chapter, you should take away the following:
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In JavaScript, functions are first-class objects, which means they can be assigned to variables, used as arguments or return values ...
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