Nowadays, we usually work with frameworks when we want to set up a frontend application. We enter the terminal and enter something like ng new my-app or npx create-react-app my-app. The cli works it’s magic and sets up an entire application with a whole lot of stuff included. We’re good to go. But what if you just want to build something simple? What if you want to build an app that simply doesn’t have a lot of logic, and doesn’t need a complete framework, like a portfolio website. Or, what if you want to challenge yourself and see if you can build something worthwhile without a framework?

One of the first topics you will encounter when studying functional programming will probably be currying. For an imperative programmer not used to mathematical notations, chances are you will find the concept hard to grasp. Then let this be the day you will remember as the day you completely understood currying!