Functional Programming in Swift by Eidhof, Chris -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Introduction

Updates to the Book Acknowledgements

Thinking Functionally

Example: Battleship First-Class Functions Type-Driven Development Notes

Wrapping Core Image

The Filter Type Building Filters Composing Filters Theoretical Background: Currying Discussion

Map, Filter, Reduce

Introducing Generics Filter Reduce Putting It All Together Generics vs. the Any Type Notes

Optionals

Case Study: Dictionaries Combining Optional Values Why Optionals?

QuickCheck

Building QuickCheck Making Values Smaller Arbitrary Arrays Using QuickCheck Next Steps

The Value of Immutability

Variables and References Value Types vs. Reference Types Discussion

Enumerations

Introducing Enumerations Associated Values Adding Generics Optionals Revisited The Algebra of Data Types Why Use Enumerations?

Purely Functional Data Structures

Binary Search Trees Autocompletion Using Tries Discussion

Diagrams

Drawing Squares and Circles The Core Data Structures Calculating and Drawing Creating Views and PDFs Extra Combinators Discussion

Generators and Sequences

Generators Sequences Case Study: Traversing a Binary Tree Case Study: Better Shrinking in QuickCheck Beyond Map and Filter

Parser Combinators

The Core Choice Sequence Convenience Combinators A Simple Calculator

Case Study: Building a Spreadsheet Application

Sample Code Parsing Evaluation The GUI

Functors, Applicative Functors, and Monads

Functors Applicative Functors The M-Word Discussion

Conclusion

Further Reading What is Functional Programming? Closure

Additional Code

Standard Library Chapter 6, QuickCheck Chapter 10, Diagrams Chapter 11, Generators Chapter 12, Parser Combinators