I oscillate between using more functional paradigms and more object-oriented ones. is that normal?
I use a linter BTW(TypeScript) if that is a useful info.

[–] jkrtn@lemmy.ml 9 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I think using both is normal. Closures and objects are duals of each other. Do whatever is understandable and maintainable, neither paradigm is magic.

[–] lemmesay@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 5 months ago

that's a nice way to look at it. thanks!

[–] kogasa@programming.dev 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Is the duality statement meant to be true in a technical sense?

[–] jkrtn@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah! For example, if the language allows closures to capture state, they can act like properties on an instance.

[–] kogasa@programming.dev 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I don't see the duality

[–] jendrik@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 5 months ago

A closure is a function with captured state. An object is state with methods.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

I also do that. Very simple stuff, especially of those that are easy to optimize for the compiler, are often very close to functional programming paradigms.

[–] crispy_kilt@feddit.de 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Avoid shared mutable state like the plague in any paradigm and you'll be fine

[–] lemmesay@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

state management crying in the corner

[–] crispy_kilt@feddit.de 2 points 5 months ago

Functional state management is fine

[–] DickFiasco@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I use a combination of both. Objects are declared const, all members are set in the constructor, all methods are const. It doesn't really work for some types of programs (e.g. GUIs) but for stuff like number crunching it's great.

[–] lemmesay@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 5 months ago

I heavily use classes while working on back end, and when I'm making a really self-contained logic, such as a logger or an image manipulation service.
but since most frontend stuff heavily leans on functional side, I go with it