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In this episode I talk with Andrea Magnorsky. We talk about her introduction to Functional Programming, F#, and we end by talking about her user group Functional Kats.
@silverspoon on Twitter
Erlang User Conference will be taking place in Stockholm, Sweden on the 11th and 12th of June. The largest Erlang event in Europe will feature talks about Erlang/OTP and Elixir innovations, and much more. Visit http://www.erlang-factory.com/euc2015 to find out more and to register. And get a 10% discount on the two days of conference when using the code ‘FnGeekery10’.
I will be giving an Introduction to Erlang workshop at LambdaConf 2015 in Boulder, Colorado. LambdaConf will be taking place the 22nd-24th of May, and has offered a 10% discount of registration with code LambdaConf-Functional-Geekery. For more information and to register go to http://www.degoesconsulting.com/lambdaconf-2015/.
This episode is sponsored by PurelyFunctional.tv. For high quality videos on Clojure, from an intro to Clojure to an in depth look at core.async, Eric Normand has you covered. Videos are downloadable allowing them to be viewed offline and at your leisure, and include exercises to help ensure your learning through interaction. Listeners get a 25% discount off everything with coupon code GEEK. Visit http://purelyfunctional.tv/geekery, and make sure to thank them for being a sponsor.
About Andrea
NULLs in F#
A giant Thank You to David Belcher for the logo design.
In this episode I talk with Eric Merritt. We talk about his background in Erlang, static typing and using OCaml, as well as micro kernels, and the importance operations plays in the developer role.
@ericbmerritt on Twitter
Erlang Factory San Fransisco is coming up on the 26th-27th of March. Guest speakers include Alan Kay, José Valim, Robert Virding, Joe Armstrong, Mike Williams, John Hughes, Bruce Tate and many more. Listeners get a 10% discount when you use the code FnGeekery. To find out more visit http://www.erlang-factory.com/sfbay2015/home
I will be giving an Introduction to Erlang workshop at LambdaConf 2015 in Boulder, Colorado. LambdaConf will be taking place the 22nd-24th of May, and has offered a 10% discount of registration with code LambdaConf-Functional-Geekery. For more information and to register go to http://www.degoesconsulting.com/lambdaconf-2015/.
This episode is sponsored by PurelyFunctional.tv. For high quality videos on Clojure, from an intro to Clojure to an in depth look at core.async, Eric Normand has you covered. Videos are downloadable allowing them to be viewed offline and at your leisure, and include exercises to help ensure your learning through interaction. Listeners get a 25% discount off everything with coupon code GEEK. Visit http://purelyfunctional.tv/geekery, and make sure to thank them for being a sponsor.
Eric’s Background
A giant Thank You to David Belcher for the logo design.
In this episode I talk with Julie Moronuki and Chris Allen. In this episode we talk about learning Haskell as a non-programmer, and some of the lessons we can learn as we try and teach others.
Julie is @argumatronic on Twitter
Erlang Factory San Fransisco is coming up on the 26th-27th of March. Guest speakers include Alan Kay, José Valim, Robert Virding, Joe Armstrong, Mike Williams, John Hughes, Bruce Tate and many more. Listeners get a 10% discount when you use the code FnGeekery. To find out more visit http://www.erlang-factory.com/sfbay2015/home
This episode is sponsored by PurelyFunctional.tv. For high quality videos on Clojure, from an intro to Clojure to an in depth look at core.async, Eric Normand has you covered. Videos are downloadable allowing them to be viewed offline and at your leisure, and include exercises to help ensure your learning through interaction. Listeners get a 25% discount off everything with coupon code GEEK. Visit http://purelyfunctional.tv/geekery, and make sure to thank them for being a sponsor.
Julie’s blog post LEARNING HASKELL AS A NONPROGRAMMER
A giant Thank You to David Belcher for the logo design.
In this episode I talk with Eric Normand. We cover Eric’s background in Clojure, his Clojure videos, core.async, teaching new topics to people, the Pre-Conj Prep for 2014, and his Clojure Gazette.
@ericnormand on Twitter
Seven More Languages in Seven Weeks by Bruce Tate is going to production. If you were wanting to find out more after Episode 15, make sure to check out the book.
How Eric got into Clojure
A giant Thank You to David Belcher for the logo design.
In this episode I talk with José Valim. We cover what prompted him to create a new language, design decisions in Elixir, what is needed for a 1.0 release, and much, much more.
@josevalim on Twitter
Listeners of Functional Geekery get 10% off CodeMesh 2014 when you use offer code fngeekery10.
Why Elixir
A giant Thank You to David Belcher for the logo design.
In this episode I talk with Matthew Podwysocki. We talk about Reactive Programming and Functional Reactive Programming, and the Reactive Extensions project. We also touch on Matt’s recent passion about hardware, and how that aligns with his interest in reactive programming.
@mattpodwysocki on Twitter
Listeners of Functional Geekery get 10% off CodeMesh 2014 when you use offer code fngeekery10.
Reactive Extensions and Microsoft Open Technologies
A giant Thank You to David Belcher for the logo design.
In this episode I talk with Bruce Tate. We talk about his books Seven Languages in Seven Weeks, and Seven More Languages in Seven Weeks, and cover what drove him to write the books, and what he thinks about the languages covered. We also touch on the other Seven in Seven books in the series, and what it takes if someone were to decide they wanted to write one.
@redrapids on Twitter
Listeners of Functional Geekery get 10% off CodeMesh 2014 when you use offer code fngeekery10.
Background of Seven Languages in Seven Weeks
A giant Thank You to David Belcher for the logo design.
In this episode I talk with Richard Minerich. We cover his intro to F#, benefits of using F#, the inter-op story with the rest of the .NET Framework, and the direction of growth for F#.
http://richardminerich.com/
Listeners of Functional Geekery get 10% off CodeMesh 2014 when you use offer code fngeekery10.
The ErlangCamp organizers are giving listeners of Functional Geekery 15% off the price of tickets for ErlangCamp 2014 with offer code FNG15. This discount applies to tickets for dinner with the speakers as well.
About Richard Minerich
Editor’s Note – After the call finished recording, Rick mentioned another good place for introducing F# is the build process, by using Fake
A giant Thank You to David Belcher for the logo design.
In this episode I talk with Martin J. Logan. We cover his experience with Erlang, why OTP, his book Erlang and OTP in Action, designing processes in an actor based system, Erlang Camp and more.
http://blog.erlware.org
Martin’s Background
A giant Thank You to David Belcher for the logo design.
In this episode I talk with Adi Bolboaca. I we talk about his experience of facilitating Coderetreats and some of the different things he has noticed in relation to functional languages being used during the sessions.
http://blog.adrianbolboaca.ro/
What is Coderetreat
Updated Tuesday, July 29 2014: Global Day of Code Retreat 2014 has been announced.
A giant Thank You to David Belcher for the logo design.
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