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Oh and if you plan on doing anything web-related, learn Javascript (properly!) - this will also expose you to functional programming technique. http://javascri
by thomanil 17y ago
Oh and if you plan on doing anything web-related, learn Javascript (properly!) - this will also expose you to functional programming technique.
http://javascript.crockford.com/little.html http://javascript.crockford.com/little.html
- hs 17y agoor just use jquery it's the lispiest (or fp) framework i used (i used prototype before and it felt like java)
- kqr2 17y agoCrockford's "Javascript: The Good Parts" is also a nice little read. http://www.amazon.com/JavaScript-Good-Parts-Douglas-Crockford/dp/0596517742 http://www.amazon.com/JavaScript-Good-Parts-Douglas-Crockfor...
- warfangle 17y agoCrockford's videos up over here: http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/theater/ http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/theater/ are extremely useful, too. A little bit dry, but he knows his stuff. It's interesting to point out that, while not optimized for it, Javascript (don't think ruby can do this, since you can't pass blocks to blocks) can perform tail recursion: http://warfangled.com/js_examples/fib.js http://warfangled.com/js_examples/fib.js
- jacoblyles 17y agoIs there a "Dive into Javascript" like there is a "Dive Into Python"?. The DIP style is by far my favorite way to learn a new language.