Of all the issues debated in the 2020 Presidential Race, climate change is of an entirely different class. Most scientists agree climate change is an existential threat with a non-negotiable deadline that is approaching in a matter of years. …

My grandfather was staring deeply into the television screen in the dimly lit living room. After his cataract had over matured, he swapped the newspaper he peeled through every morning for a news channel with as much depth as the flat screen it was served on. …

You can’t officially do it, but you can write a function that does virtually the same thing. Let’s see how and maybe why you should.

But first, have you ever found yourself in this situation?

When we model anything, we simplify it. Even if we want to represent something as basic as a drop of water, we do not paint each atom in the drop.

Finding the answer took me step by step to implementing transducers in JavaScript. Id like to take you on this journey so that you too can utilize this powerful abstraction. So, shall we trance?

The problem

This:

[1, 2, 3].map(x => x + 1).filter(x => x > 3)

And This:

[1, 2…

So you probably know that functions are objects in javascript (if not go up the prototype chain of a function to find out). But recently, I noticed that javascript objects can be treated like functions. Which leads to some pretty cool implications!

Functions

According to wikipedia:

A function is originally the…

If the history of our planet was scaled to 24 hours, the entire existence of our species would be less than 2 minutes, and the existence of Redux would probably be a fraction of a millisecond.

And yet…it’s still old enough to have legacy code written in it.

Have you…