Ask HN: Design patterns resources for functional languages? (inc JavaScript)

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16 years ago

I'm growing frustrated with the design patterns commonly used for creating JavaScript applications, there seems to be a lot of focus on replicating code reuse patterns from traditional OOP languages (e.g. classical inheritance and MVC), these just don't feel like they take advantage of JS's streangths. Pro JavaScript Design Patterns http://apress.com/book/view/159059908x doesn't have enough depth for my liking.

I often think that a more functional approach leads to more expressive and concise code (having worked with Erlang a reasonable amount), particularly coupled with some sort of state machine and using the prototype chains to make application wide changes.

It seems that while the JS community advocates JS's functional abilities there is very little in the way of how to structure and implement large applications with these techniques. The Good Parts is the best I've found so far http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596517748

I've been rereading my Erlang books to gain a better insight into design for large FP apps. I've also ordered "The Little Schemer" and "Purely Functional Data Structures" by Chris Okasaki for a bit more FP knowledge.

Can anyone recommend anything else, particularly if it would relate to building UI based JavaScript Apps?

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