This course is aimed at JavaScript developers who are brand new to Functional Programming. No existing familiarity with functional programming concepts/terminology is required or assumed, but we will assume basic familiarity with vanilla JavaScript.

You may have found yourself hearing more and more about ‘functional programming’, likely from a bunch of excited coders enthusiastically gushing about how it helps them write elegant, modular code that’s easier to predict, test, and debug. If you’re like me, you may have started asking questions like, “What is functional programming anyway, and why are people so excited about it?” “What does functional code look like? How is it different from imperative or object-oriented code?” and “What tools do I need to write functional programs? Do I have to learn Haskell? (spoiler alert: no!)” If you too have been asking yourself questions like these, you’re in the right place!