BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//github.com/rianjs/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 4.0//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Phoenix X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Phoenix END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Introduction to the theoretical basis of Functional Programmin g (FP) and writing programs with functions as the primary abstraction rat her than objects. &\;#13\;&\;#10\;Douglas Crockford has called Java Script &\;quot\;Lisp in C's Clothing&\;quot\; (1)\, as JavaScript h as more in common with functional languages like Lisp or Scheme than with C or Java\, whose syntax it shares. &\;#13\;&\;#10\;CoffeeScript's terse offside syntax and use of the -&\;gt\; to represent a function strips JavaScript of it's misleading syntax and exposes a beautiful langu age with obvious roots in math. &\;#13\;&\;#10\;Examples with under score.js\, CoffeeScript\, jquery etc.&\;#13\;&\;#10\;(1) http://www .crockford.com/javascript/javascript.html nodeaz DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20121117T163000 DTSTAMP:20260609T090514Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20121117T153000 GEO:33.293070;-111.796620 LOCATION:Chandler - Gilbert Community College - IRN-219 ORGANIZER: SEQUENCE:0 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:Introduction to the theoretical basis of Functional Programming (F P) and writing programs with functions as the primary abstraction rather than objects. &\;#13\;&\;#10\;Douglas Crockford has called JavaScri pt &\;quot\;Lisp in C's Clothing&\;quot\; (1)\, as JavaScript has m ore in common with functional languages like Lisp or Scheme than with C o r Java\, whose syntax it shares. &\;#13\;&\;#10\;CoffeeScript's ter se offside syntax and use of the -&\;gt\; to represent a function stri ps JavaScript of it's misleading syntax and exposes a beautiful language with obvious roots in math. &\;#13\;&\;#10\;Examples with underscor e.js\, CoffeeScript\, jquery etc.&\;#13\;&\;#10\;(1) http://www.cro ckford.com/javascript/javascript.html nodeaz UID:07839220-039f-4ada-aa04-d653fc8d0456 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR