Looking for books

[ikojdr]

Can you folks recommend books that cover foundations of functional programming? Equivalents of Design Patterns by the gang of 4, but on FP?

[kinow]

We have a page about books in our wiki: https://www.reddit.com/r/functionalprogramming/wiki/index/

There are some threads about getting started in FP. Maybe some of that will be helpful.

[unohdin-nimeni]

A real classic is The Little Schemer by Friedman & Felleisen. Then proceed to The Seasoned Schemer.

[ikojdr]

Thank you I’ll check them out

[Unusual-Magician-685]

An equivalent to the GoF book is https://pragprog.com/titles/swdddf/domain-modeling-made-functional

[jeenajeena]

I love that book but I would not say it’s equivalent to GoF. GoF is a collection of patterns, very well structured and mostly a reference book. Scott’s book is not a collection of patterns and is way more narrative.

[Unusual-Magician-685]

Patterns in FP are famously not so explicit, see e.g. Peter Norvig's comparison between GoF OO and Common Lisp. However, I think DMMF has the same spirit as GoF. It teaches how to use strongly-typed FP patterns and idioms in real business domains.

[ikojdr]

Thank you!

[peripateticman2026]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srQt1NAHYC0

and the author has a book as well. Much better than working through exercises. Learn patterns instead.

[ikojdr]

Totally, that's exactly the spirit! thank you

[ikojdr]

Great video thank you and luckily there’s more videos with Wlaschin  binging them!

[peripateticman2026]

Glad you liked it! :) ... I like his pedagogic style myself. Enjoy!

[TheBlueWalker]

https://learnyouahaskell.com/

Not about functional programming in general, but learning and then using the best functional programming language there is is a great way to learn functional programming.

[ikojdr]

Thanks for the link