Electrotechnical and Computer Engineering
Vol. 35 No. 09 (2020): Proceedings of the Faculty of Technical Sciences
CATEGORY THEORY AS A BASIS FOR DEVELOPING BUSINESS WEB APPLICATIONS
Abstract
Purpose of this paper is to show how one can use strict mathematical formalisms as a base for developing production ready business web applications. Consequently, first part of this paper, titled theoretical foundations, goes through parts of fundamental mathematics, specificaly category theory. Second part of the paper, overview of the state of the field, shows how category theory terms translate to expressions of programming languages. Examples are presented in programming language Scala, primarily because of it‘s popularity. Third part of this paper presents use case in which ilustrative business web application for student examination is developed.
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