{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/devstaff-crete/DevStaff-Heraklion/issues/87","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/devstaff-crete/DevStaff-Heraklion/issues/87/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/devstaff-crete/DevStaff-Heraklion/issues/87/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/devstaff-crete/DevStaff-Heraklion/issues/87/events","html_url":"https://github.com/devstaff-crete/DevStaff-Heraklion/issues/87","id":125053366,"number":87,"title":"Functional Programming in PHP","user":{"login":"kapolos","id":10794126,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10794126?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/kapolos","html_url":"https://github.com/kapolos","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kapolos/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kapolos/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kapolos/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kapolos/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kapolos/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kapolos/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kapolos/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kapolos/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kapolos/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/devstaff-crete/DevStaff-Heraklion/labels/Topics","name":"Topics","color":"5319e7"}],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":10,"created_at":"2016-01-05T21:17:00Z","updated_at":"2016-01-07T08:29:34Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Καλησπέρα σας,\r\n\r\nI am amazed that I hadn't heard about devstaff-heraklion earlier - better late than never I guess, Ι will be happy to meet you in person at the upcoming meeting :)\r\n\r\nMy strong expertise is in `PHP`, `Ember.js` and `Node`. I thought I'd kick-start my topic suggestions with the thing that has been on my mind the most in the recent months: **Functional Programming in PHP**. \r\n\r\nFunctional style practitioners in PHP have been historically a tiny group, mainly for 2 reasons - the language constructs impose a heavy boilerplate/verbosity penalty and the infamous aversion to change in the PHP community - remember the great procedural vs OOP flame wars? ;)\r\n\r\nGreat thing is that with PHP 5.6+, things have started to change and there now exist a healthy amount of good libraries that make functional programming in PHP fun and easy.\r\n\r\nSo here is what I suggest to cover, the depth of each dependent on the overall time:\r\n\r\n* What Functional Programming is\r\n* What FP provides to you as a programmer (benefits)\r\n* The real reason why you will fall in love with FP (fun)\r\n* A walk-through of the major concepts in FP\r\n* An overview of the available PHP FP libraries \r\n* A practical guide to start embracing FP in PHP with [Pramda](https://github.com/kapolos/pramda)\r\n\r\n:loud_sound: "},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/devstaff-crete/DevStaff-Heraklion/issues/comments/169595179","html_url":"https://github.com/devstaff-crete/DevStaff-Heraklion/issues/87#issuecomment-169595179","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/devstaff-crete/DevStaff-Heraklion/issues/87","id":169595179,"user":{"login":"kritsot","id":536290,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/536290?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/kritsot","html_url":"https://github.com/kritsot","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kritsot/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kritsot/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kritsot/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kritsot/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kritsot/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kritsot/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kritsot/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kritsot/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kritsot/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-01-07T08:29:34Z","updated_at":"2016-01-07T08:29:34Z","body":":+1:"}}