1 - What is Functional Programming?
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Practice Questions
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What is a pure function?
💡 Hint: Think about functions that do not affect the outside environment.
What does immutability mean in programming?
💡 Hint: Consider a constant variable.
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What does it mean for a function to be pure?
💡 Hint: Consider the predictability of pure functions.
True or False: Immutability allows data to be changed after it has been created.
💡 Hint: What happens to a constant after it’s declared?
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Explain how improper use of side effects in functional programming can lead to challenges in a large codebase. Provide an example to illustrate your point.
💡 Hint: Think about data access from different parts of a large application.
Write a piece of code that exemplifies a pure function, then modify it to include a side effect. Explain the difference.
💡 Hint: Consider how the behavior of functions changes with external state alterations.
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