Java Posse #345 - Roundup '11 - Monoids, Monads and Math, oh My!

Roundup '11 - Monoids, Monads and Math, oh My! Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.com Recorded at the Java Posse Roundup 2011, in Crested Butte, CO, a discussion about demystifying functional programming. Monoid http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoid Monad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monad_(category_theory) Brian Marick's introduction to practical monads http://vimeo.com/20717301 Using Scala's Option type http://www.scala-lang.org/api/current/scala/Option.html Daniel Spiewak on monads http://www.codecommit.com/blog/ruby/monads-are-not-metaphors F# Workflows http://www.infoq.com/articles/pickering-fsharp-workflow Dijkstra on teaching computer science http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cruelty_of_Really_Teaching_Computer_Science http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/transcriptions/EWD10xx/EWD1036.html Pierce - Category Theory for Computer Scientists http://www.amazon.com/Category-Computer-Scientists-Foundations-Computing/dp/0262660717 Dijkstra - a Discipline of Programming http://www.amazon.com/Discipline-Programming-Edsger-W-Dijkstra/dp/013215871X LINQ http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa904594 Guava http://code.google.com/p/guava-libraries/ Fantom language http://fantom.org/ NaNoWriMo http://www.nanowrimo.org/ Scala Actors http://programming-scala.labs.oreilly.com/ch09.html XML in Scala http://programming-scala.labs.oreilly.com/ch10.html More on F# workflows http://www.slideshare.net/mdlm/understanding-f-workflows Thanks Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth Feedburner.com - http://www.feedburner.com - for feed redirect Kirsty Doherty, Amy Ehmann for Java Posse artwork Theme Music: Opening - "Java" the parody song Copyright 1997 Broken Records and Marjorie Music Publ. (BMI), written and performed by Loose Bruce Kerr of the Dr. Demento Show and Sun Microsystems attorney. Based on the WWI popular song, "Ja-da." Ukelele style on the recording taught to Bruce by his dad. Re-produced with kind permission from "Loose" Bruce Kerr - http://loosebrucekerr.libsyn.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAX0gJt-aZg Closing - Juan Carlos Jimenez - In the House (Intro No. 1) To contact us: Visit our homepage - http://javaposse.com Post on our Google Group - http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse Pose a question on our Google Moderator group - http://tinyurl.com/q4javaposse Call us with questions and feedback - (408) 465-4626 Or send us email - [email protected] The Java Posse consists of Tor Norbye, Carl Quinn, Joe Nuxoll and Dick Wall