In computer science, we tend to write computer programs in one of two ways. Declarative programming is focused on the outcomes, not the steps to reach them. Imperative programming is custom code that ...

Declarative programming is a method to abstract the control flow for logic required for software to perform an action. Instead, it involves stating what the task or desired outcome is. For instance, ...

Some network teams are finding power and simplicity in the shift from telling devices what to do, using imperative programming, to describing what they should be, using declarative programming.

As IT moves towards greater automation in operations and developers build systems on Kubernetes-based platforms, declarative systems are getting more attention. Over the past several years, a lot of ...

David Mertz talks about declarative programming techniques on O'Reilly. "This article extends my discussion of advanced programming, but strays into an area that is not exclusively object oriented.