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Practical Intro to Monads in JavaScript: Either

Practical Intro to Monads in JavaScript: Either

My simple and practical Intro to Monads in JS, where I covered basics of Identity and Maybe monads, seemed to be helpful for a lot of folks, so I’ve decide to continue the topic. Now it’s time for Either – a tool for fast-failing, synchronous computation chains. A tool that may increase readability and quality of code while reducing error proneness. The best part is that we can still ignore the category theory!

Practical Intro to Monads in JavaScript

Practical Intro to Monads in JavaScript

If you’ve heard about Monads but never had time learn them, here’s a simple explanation. Not a theoretical nonsense. It’s a simple, practical tutorial for JavaScript developers showing how some monads can be used. It’s for engineers, not scientists.