Mark Volkmann, OCI Partner and Principal Software Engineer, will be presenting at Jfokus, Sweden's largest developer conference.
Mark's presentation, entitled JavaScript Immutability - "Don't Go Changing" occurs on Tuesday, February 9th.
Many functional programming languages emphasize the use of immutable data. This makes it easier to reason about the code. Immutability is a builtin feature of some languages, including Clojure, Haskell, and Scala. However, this is not the case for JavaScript. While it is possible to manually achieve immutability in JavaScript without resorting to a library, there are good ones that make this easier and more efficient. This talk discusses several JavaScript libraries for immutability. The primary focus is on the Immutable library from Facebook which provides persistent data structures. These enable efficient creation of new data structures that share memory with others. This library is commonly used in conjunction with the React web framework, but it can be used in any JS application.
Mark will also be delivering a course at OCI's Education Center located in St. Louis, Missouri in late March on React Web Development. Students looking to expand their skill-set in JavaScript and Web Development should register soon, only a few seats are still available!
