How to Get People Excited about Functional Programming • Russ Olsen & James Lewis

GOTO - The Brightest Minds in Tech

This interview was recorded at GOTO Copenhagen 2024.
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Russ Olsen - Author of "Getting Clojure" & "Eloquent Ruby"
James Lewis - Software Architect & Director at Thoughtworks
RESOURCES
Russ
https://bsky.app/profile/russolsen.bsky.social
https://hachyderm.io/@russolsen
https://github.com/russolsen
https://www.linkedin.com/in/russolsen
http://russolsen.com

James
https://bsky.app/profile/boicy.bovon.org
https://linkedin.com/in/james-lewis-microservices
https://github.com/boicy
https://www.bovon.org
Read the full abstract here:
https://gotocph.com/2024/sessions/3522

RECOMMENDED BOOKS
Russ Olsen • Getting Clojure • https://amzn.to/3J8zI8s
Russ Olsen • Eloquent Ruby • https://amzn.to/37gOhcG
Russ Olsen • Design Patterns in Ruby • https://amzn.to/3r2uBjW
Barry O'Reilly • Unlearn • https://amzn.to/3O3DQeI
Jez Humble, Joanne Molesky & Barry O'Reilly • Lean Enterprise • https://amzn.to/3Cpt6ET
Sarah Wells • Enabling Microservice Success • https://amzn.to/4aa8xrv
Martin Fowler • Refactoring • https://amzn.to/3EVcHXQ
Matthew Skelton & Manuel Pais • Team Topologies • http://amzn.to/3sVLyLQ

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1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. How Russ got started with functional programming (00:01:28)

3. Russ' new book (00:06:19)

4. Clojure (00:11:16)

5. Q&A (00:14:44)

6. Misconceptions about functional programming (00:23:08)

7. To the Moon (00:27:10)

8. Q&A (00:32:07)

9. Mechanical vs Software Engineering (00:35:08)

10. Agile & TDD (00:35:55)

11. Outro (00:37:17)