Improving Testability and Reuse by Transitioning to Functional Programming
Software Engineering
2016-06-22 v1 Programming Languages
Abstract
Declarative styles such as functional programming (FP) are rapidly gaining ground on their imperative cousins, including procedural and object-oriented programming. The shift is subtle because it is happening within the context of multiparadigm programming languages such as JavaScript. FP is better suited to modern processes like test-driven development (TDD), and architectures like massively parallel, cloud-based computing. This article describes the technical details that characterize the shift from imperative to FP and implications for software quality management, particularly reuse and testability.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1606.06704,
title = {Improving Testability and Reuse by Transitioning to Functional Programming},
author = {Morgan C. Benton and Nicole M. Radziwill},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1606.06704},
year = {2016}
}