Java readability and functional programming

Author: Kasper B. Graversen, 06/07/08
Keywords: Java, Functional Programming
Abstract: Java readability and functional programming. A nice article showing how to improve the readability of Java programs partly by using spiffy methods, partly by taking a functional programming approach to certain problem solutions.
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Java readability and functional programming

The other day I read a very informative and inspiring post by Eugene Kirpichov at http://community.livejournal.com/jkff_en/341.html. The post consists of 10 tips on how to make Java programs more readable. Some tips are about using spiffy helper methods such as those found in the spiffy framework (one of the tips even made it straight into the spiffy framework SVN repository!).

The other part of the article is dedicated to showing how to improve readability and terser Java code by taking a functional programming approach to certain problems.

The article is a good warming up for approaching functional programming, but maybe a sequel is needed to go into the finer details of establishing ones own functional framework library. Functional Programming requires a slightly different mindset, so one could certainly hope Eugene will spill more of his knowledge.



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