Functional Geekery Episode 127 – Katie Hughes 401i29

In this episode I talk with Katie Hughes. We talk her introduction to software development, exposure to functional programming, orienting herself in a new codebase, “learning to trust again”, and much more. Our Guest, Katie Hughes @glitteringkatie on Twitter http://glitteringkatie.com/ Conference Announcements Summer BOB 2019 is taking place August 21st in Berlin, . Visit https://bobkonf.de/2019-summer/ for registration and more information. elm-conf 2019 is September 12th in St. Louis, Missouri. Visit https://2019.elm-conf.com/ to find out more and to . OPEN FSHARP 2019 is taking place in the heart of San Francisco, on the 25th – 27th of September. Visit https://www.openfsharp.org/ to and find out more. Lambda Days 2020 just announced their CFP! Go to their website and submit a talk for a chance to present your work on their stage in February. https://www.lambdadays.org/lambdadays2020#call-for-papers If you have a conference related to functional programming, me, and I will be happy to announce it. Announcements Some of you have asked how you can Functional Geekery, in that vein, Functional Geekery now has a Patreon Page. If that is one of the ways you would like to show your , you can find out more at https://www.patreon.com/fngeekery. Topics [@2:50] About Katie NoRedInk React AppNexus Elm Pascal Oregon State Exposure to functional programming via Internship Lodash Programming Language Fundamentals class Haskell Prolog Katie’s Introduction to Elm Redux Learning Elm and Haskell as part of 20% time Learn You A Haskell for Great Good Going through the book in both Haskell and JavaScript Being exposed to some functional programming before the college course How Haskell and Elm in 20% time feed back into React and Redux usage Redux-Saga Currying Taking 20% learnings back to the team Working with people that were interested in functional programming Learning the paradigm Moving to work at NoRedInk Ruby Ruby on Rails Elm in the Spring Katie’s Minor in Cognitive Psychology Cognitive Maps Where the Elm Am I “What Can I Break?” Learning how to trust again using Elm Reading the import statements in Elm Using the Elm compiler to help build a mental map by seeing what breaks Katie’s experience picking up Elixir GenServers Understanding how data flows through the Elixir Services Starting an Elixir Book Club at work Little Elixir and OTP Guide Book Refining strategy of how to break things in Elixir talk at elm-conf Working on project to connect characters in Marvel Universe SquirrelGirl Look into Elm Conferences for first time talkers Tips for writing a good CFP Breaking down the outline early Learning Objectives for the audience Get Programming with Haskell Elm Lang tutorial Elm tutorial as good guide for understanding React and Redux As always, a giant Thank You goes to David Belcher for the logo design. 6e4948