Type-driven Development with Idris

Edwin Brady

ISBN 10: 1617293024 / ISBN 13: 9781617293023

Published by Manning Publications, US, 2017

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DESCRIPTION Types are often seen as a tool for checking errors, with the programmer writing a complete program first and using the type checker to detect errors. And while tests are used to show presence of errors, they can only find errors that you explicitly test for. In typedriven development, types become your tools for constructing programs and, used appropriately, can show the absence of errors. And you can express precise relationships between data, your assumptions are explicit and checkable, and you can precisely state and verify properties. Type-driven development lets users write extensible code, create simple specifications very early in development, and easily create mock implementation for testing.   Type-Driven Development with Idris, written by the creator of Idris, teaches programmers how to improve the performance and accuracy of programs by taking advantage of a state-of-the-art type system. This book teaches readers using Idris, a language designed from the very beginning to support type-driven development. Readers learn how to manipulate types just like any other construct (numbers, strings, lists, etc.). This book teaches how to use type-driven development to build real-world software, as well as how to handle side-effects, state and concurrency, and interoperating with existing systems. By the end of this book, readers will be able to develop robust and verified software in Idris and apply type-driven development methods to programming in other languages.   KEY FEATURES. Written by the creator of Idris . Improve performance and accuracy of programs . Teaches Idris, a new type-driven development language . Hands-on code examples . Build real-world software   AUDIENCE Written for programmers with knowledge of basic functional programming concepts.   ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY Type-driven development lets you write extensible code, create simple specifications very early in development, and easily create mock implementation for testing. In type-driven development, types become your tools for constructing programs and, used appropriately, can show the absence of errors.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Type-driven Development with Idris
• Publisher: Manning Publications, US
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1617293024
• ISBN 13: 9781617293023
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 780 grams

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Synopsis

DESCRIPTION

Types are often seen as a tool for checking errors, with the

programmer writing a complete program first and using the type

checker to detect errors. And while tests are used to show presence of

errors, they can only find errors that you explicitly test for. In typedriven

development, types become your tools for constructing

programs and, used appropriately, can show the absence of errors. And

you can express precise relationships between data, your assumptions

are explicit and checkable, and you can precisely state and verify

properties. Type-driven development lets users write extensible code,

create simple specifications very early in development, and easily

create mock implementation for testing.

 

Type-Driven Development with Idris, written by the creator of Idris,

teaches programmers how to improve the performance and accuracy of

programs by taking advantage of a state-of-the-art type system. This

book teaches readers using Idris, a language designed from the very

beginning to support type-driven development. Readers learn how to

manipulate types just like any other construct (numbers, strings, lists,

etc.). This book teaches how to use type-driven development to build

real-world software, as well as how to handle side-effects, state and

concurrency, and interoperating with existing systems. By the end of

this book, readers will be able to develop robust and verified software

in Idris and apply type-driven development methods to programming

in other languages.

 

KEY FEATURES

• Written by the creator of Idris

• Improve performance and accuracy of programs

• Teaches Idris, a new type-driven development language

• Hands-on code examples

• Build real-world software

 

AUDIENCE

Written for programmers with knowledge of basic functional programming

concepts.

 

ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY

Type-driven development lets you write extensible code, create simple

specifications very early in development, and easily create mock

implementation for testing. In type-driven development, types become your

tools for constructing programs and, used appropriately, can show the

absence of errors.

About the Author

Edwin Brady leads the design and implementation of the Idris language.

He is a Lecturer in Computer Science and regularly speaks at conferences.