New language, new programming paradigms. Since the release of Swift the Cocoa developer community is increasingly experimenting with functional programming. How can we adopt FP principles in real world applications? This talk will discuss how apps can make use of immutable value types to avoid common code smells and bugs. I will also discuss other benefits of a functional approach, such as modularity through function composition. Throughout the talk I will illustrate the architecture of a non-trivial iOS app that relies strongly on immutable value types. The main goal of this talk is to show pragmatic approaches for applying functional programming principles to common problems in Cocoa development.
This talk was recorded at AltConf 2015. Watch all the videos!
Benjamin Encz
Benjamin Encz is an Engineer at PlanGrid in San Francisco. He has worked in the Apple ecosystem since 2011 on a variety of projects, ranging from enterprise software to mobile games. He is the creator of multiple Swift open source libraries such as ReSwift and Validated. He enjoys exploring new ways of making software more reliable and programming more enjoyable.
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