In this episode I talk with Jessica Kerr. In this episode we talk bringing functional programming concepts to object oriented languages; her experience in Scala, using the actor model, and property testing; and much more!

jessitron.com

@jessitron on Twitter and jessitron@gmail.com

Jessica’s ØreDev Talk

Jessica’s Ruby Midwest Talk

Bring Just Enough of the Ideas from Functional Programming Back to Java and C#

Use Static/Class Level Methods to Make Needed Data Explicit

Designate Methods That Modify State When Working in Object Oriented Languages

Isolation as the Dual/Reverse to Encapsulation

Guava library for Working in Java

Readable Code vs Familiar Code

Use Code Reviews to Spread Practices

Scala as a Hybrid Language and the Blessings and Curses Therein

Reasons One Might Choose Scala

Akka

Akka Concurrency by Derek Wyatt

The Actor Model

Testing with Scala

Introducing a Functional Language by Writing Tests in that Language

ScalaTest

ScalaCheck

Property Based Testing

ScalaCheck: The Definitive Guide

Commonalities Between Git and Functional Concepts

Directed Acyclic Graphs

Importance of Immutable Data in Functional Programming

LambdaLounge

F#

Using a Functional Language to do Spikes to Solidify Ideas

Kansas City Developer Conference

Jessica’s Upcoming Appearances

GOTO Chicago

QCon New York 2014

scalaz-stream

GOTO Amsterdam 2014

ScalaDays 2014

Scala Puzzlers

Ribbon Farm

A giant Thank You to David Belcher for the logo design.

Update: May 6th 2014

Added link to Scala Puzzlers.

Also, Jessica has informed me that she had to cancel her appearance at ScalaDays.