Programming Across Paradigms • Anjana Vakil • GOTO 2017

Anjana Vakil compares major programming paradigms, including imperative, object-oriented, functional, and declarative programming, exploring what they can teach us.

This presentation was recorded at GOTO Chicago 2017. #gotocon #gotochgo gotochgo.com Anjana Vakil - Engineer at ÜberResearch @vakila ABSTRACT What's in a programming paradigm? How did the major paradigms come to be, and why? Once we've sworn our love to one paradigm, does a program written under any other still smell as sweet? Can functional programmers learn anything from [...] TIMECODES 0:00 Introduction 2:24 what is a paradigm? 5:00 what entities make up the universe how they behave and interact 9:44 what are some major paradigms? 9:56 imperative programming 13:04 object-oriented programming 16:20 functional programming 19:24 declarative programming 23:06 what do they have in common? 29:28 which paradigm is the best? 31:46 what can a paradigm teach me? 42:40 what's the point? Download slides and read the full abstract here: gotochgo.com/2017/sessions/78 twitter.com/GOTOcon linkedin.com/company/goto- instagram.com/goto_con facebook.com/GOTOConferences #FunctionalProgramming #ProgrammingParadigms #ObjectOrientedProgramming #ImperativeProgramming #AnjanaVakil CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket at gotopia.tech Sign up for updates and specials at gotopia.tech/newsletter SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily. youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1