https://github.com/expede/teaching-fp

Techniques, advice, and anecdotes about how to teach Functional Programming
https://github.com/expede/teaching-fp

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Techniques, advice, and anecdotes about how to teach Functional Programming

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/expede/teaching-fp
• Owner: expede
• License: mit
• Created: 2015-03-25T01:15:15.000Z (almost 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2016-11-05T17:01:35.000Z (about 8 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-12-25T18:30:34.621Z (27 days ago)
• Topics: clojure, clojurescript, elixir, elm, functional-programming, haskell, idris, material, ocaml, python, racket, rust, scala, scheme, teaching, theory
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• Stars: 57
• Watchers: 8
• Forks: 4
• Open Issues: 2
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Teaching Functional Programming

These are currently my working notes on how to best teach FP

I am by no means an expert in teaching this material! However, most current

materials are "okay" _at best_. There seems to be an increase in people

interested in FP, but many get scared off at the word "functor" or unfamiliar

syntax (ie: not from the C-family).

## Goal

1. Don't scare off newcomers

2. Help popularize FP by helping people teach effectively

## Strategy

- Keep it practical

- Use a flexible language ([Racket](http://racket-lang.org)) so that you don't

need to switch syntax for different concepts

- Progressive

  - Start similar to the student's background (ex. compare to Java)

- Less magic is *literally* demystifying

  - Reimplement common patterns to show how things work

    - `map`, `fold` (left and right), `scan` and `filter` from scratch

  - Compare to imperative language strategy

    - Loops vs recursion

## Contributing

1. Fork the repo

2. Write your post

3. Submit a pull request

## Have Suggestions?

[Submit an issue](https://github.com/expede/teaching-fp/issues/new)!

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| Fixing CI build                 | :green_heart:       | `:green_heart:`       |

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| Upgrading dependencies          | :arrow_up:          | `:arrow_up:`          |

| Downgrading dependencies        | :arrow_down:        | `:arrow_down:`        |

| Fix linter warning or typo      | :shirt:             | `:shirt:`             |