The Absolute Best Intro to Monads For Software Engineers

If you had to pick the most inaccessible terms in all of software engineering, monad would be a strong contender for first place, because of its spooky math background that uses terms like endofunctor and monoid. As it turns out, monads are an extremely powerful design pattern that can be used without any math knowledge. In this video, we’ll cover what monads are, how they can be incredibly useful, and examine some common monads. All you need is a little software engineering knowledge. Let’s go! Dr. Strange Icon Credit: 00:00 Intro 00:29 Basic Code 01:45 Issue #1 02:38 Issue #2 04:11 Putting It All Together 05:15 Properties of Monads 06:05 The Option Monad 09:14 Monads Hide Work Behind The Scenes 11:21 Common Monads 12:10 The List Monad 13:56 Recap