Coder Decoder: Functional Programmer Lingo Explained, with Pictures by Katie Miller

For the uninitiated, a conversation with functional programmers can feel like ground zero of a jargon explosion. This talk will help you to defend against the blahblah blast by demystifying several terms commonly used by FP fans with bitesized Haskell examples and friendly pictures. The presentation will also offer a glimpse of how some of these concepts can be applied in a simple Haskell web application. Expect appearances by Curry, Lens, and the infamous Mword, among others. by Katie Miller (codemiller) Katie Miller, also known as codemiller, is a polyglot programmer with a penchant for Haskell. The former newspaper journalist works as an OpenShift Developer Advocate at Red Hat and coauthored the O Reilly book Getting Started with OpenShift. Katie cofounded the Lambda Ladies group for women in functional programming and serves as one of the organisers of the Brisbane Functional Programming Group. The Aussie software engineer is passionate about coding, open source, software quality,