OSSPH Presents: Exploring Functional Programming a Different Approach to Computing
On April 29, 2023 7pm PHT, the OSSPH community witnessed a remarkable event - a community talk on exploring Functional Programming with a special guest speaker, Justin.
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On April 29, 2023 7pm PHT, the OSSPH community witnessed a remarkable event - a community talk on exploring Functional Programming with a special guest speaker, Justin. The event was a major milestone for the community as it marked the beginning of a new era of exploration and learning.
The program started with an opening talk from Joff & Avie, and the introduction of the speaker. Justin is a talented self-taught young programmer from Manila. He loves contributing to open source so much so that he became a core member of the programming language PureScript. Learn more about Justin here: https://purefunctor.me/
Watch the talk
We decided to stream the whole session to FaceBook and uploaded the recording to YouTube, you can watch it here:
Attendees
Overall, it was a successful event. The number of center stage audience peaked at about 30+, and the peak viewers in Facebook is 10+. A lot of questions were also asked which added more value to the talk.
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Want to be our next speaker?
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