Java Posse #345 - Roundup '11 - Monoids, Monads and Math, oh My!

Roundup '11 - Monoids, Monads and Math, oh My! Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.com

Recorded at the Java Posse Roundup 2011, in Crested Butte, CO, a discussion about demystifying functional programming.

• Monoid
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoid
• Monad
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monad_(category_theory)
• Brian Marick's introduction to practical monads
  • http://vimeo.com/20717301
• Using Scala's Option type
  • http://www.scala-lang.org/api/current/scala/Option.html
• Daniel Spiewak on monads
  • http://www.codecommit.com/blog/ruby/monads-are-not-metaphors
• F# Workflows
  • http://www.infoq.com/articles/pickering-fsharp-workflow
• Dijkstra on teaching computer science
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cruelty_of_Really_Teaching_Computer_Science
  • http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/transcriptions/EWD10xx/EWD1036.html
• Pierce - Category Theory for Computer Scientists
  • http://www.amazon.com/Category-Computer-Scientists-Foundations-Computing/dp/0262660717
• Dijkstra - a Discipline of Programming
  • http://www.amazon.com/Discipline-Programming-Edsger-W-Dijkstra/dp/013215871X
• LINQ
  • http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa904594
• Guava
  • http://code.google.com/p/guava-libraries/
• Fantom language
  • http://fantom.org/
• NaNoWriMo
  • http://www.nanowrimo.org/
• Scala Actors
  • http://programming-scala.labs.oreilly.com/ch09.html
• XML in Scala
  • http://programming-scala.labs.oreilly.com/ch10.html
• More on F# workflows
  • http://www.slideshare.net/mdlm/understanding-f-workflows

Thanks

• Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth
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• Kirsty Doherty, Amy Ehmann for Java Posse artwork
• Theme Music:
  • Opening - "Java" the parody song Copyright 1997 Broken Records and Marjorie Music Publ. (BMI),
    • written and performed by Loose Bruce Kerr of the Dr. Demento Show and Sun Microsystems attorney.
    • Based on the WWI popular song, "Ja-da." Ukelele style on the recording taught to Bruce by his dad.
    • Re-produced with kind permission from "Loose" Bruce Kerr - http://loosebrucekerr.libsyn.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAX0gJt-aZg
  • Closing - Juan Carlos Jimenez - In the House (Intro No. 1)

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