Trevor Ewen Part 3 - Functional Core Imperative Shell

Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur · Jul 13, 2021 · 23m

The third of our series of discussion episodes with Trevor Ewen touches on a functional core and imperative shell. This is an approach to building software that uses a strong core to extend to custom solutions. We provide some options for building on your previous solutions in the modern world of software frameworks, libraries, and open-source.

Functional Core

The underlying theme in this approach is a functional core. You want to craft a foundation that is solid and extensible to speed future development. That does not mean maximizing code reuse as much as it does solution reuse. Instead, we…