Programming in Scala: A Comprehensive Step-by-step Guide - Softcover

Odersky, Martin; Spoon, Lex; Venners, Bill

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9780981531601: Programming in Scala: A Comprehensive Step-by-step Guide
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0981531601 ISBN 13: 9780981531601
Publisher: Artima Inc, 2008

Synopsis

Programming in Scala is the definitive book on Scala, the new language for the Java Platform that blends object-oriented and functional programming concepts into a unique and powerful tool for developers. Starting with the fundamental elements of the language, this book introduces Scala and the ideas behind it from the practitioner's perspective, and describes advanced language features that can make you a better, more productive developer.

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About the Author

Martin Odersky is the creator of the Scala language. He is a professor at EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland, where since 2001 he has led the team that developed the Scala language, libraries, and compiler. He was also co-designer of Java generics and the original author of the current javac reference compiler. Lex Spoon worked on Scala for two years at EPFL and is now a software engineer at Google, Inc. Bill Venners is president of Artima, Inc., author of many articles on Java as well as the book Inside the Java Virtual Machine, and the designer of the ScalaTest testing framework.

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Publisher
Artima Inc
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0981531601
ISBN 13 
9780981531601
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
776
Rating
  • 4.22 out of 5 stars
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