You may have seen generics in C#, Java, or Swift but there are a lot of very useful patterns using generics that rarely get used in an OO context. In this episode, we explore Type Parameters (aka generics) from a functional perspective and how using them can improve the structure of your applications.

Episode 21 patrons:

Scott Smith

Joel McCracken

Hakon Rossebo

Seth Utecht

Christophe Pereira da Conceicao

E. Mulder

Show Notes:

Add a type parameter video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHjIl81HgfE

Matt Parson's follow-up post: http://www.parsonsmatt.org/2017/04/08/maybe_use_a_type_parameter.html

Stephen’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/S11001001

Type Parameter example in Scala: https://typelevel.org/blog/2015/09/21/change-values.html

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