Learning Scala : Practical Functional Programming for the Jvm

Jason Swartz

ISBN 10: 1449367933 / ISBN 13: 9781449367930

Published by O'reilly Media Jan 2015, 2015

About this Item

Neuware - Learning Scala is an introduction and a guide to getting started with functional programming (FP) development. Written for programmers who are already familiar with object-oriented (OO) development, the book introduces you to the core Scala syntax and its OO models with examples and solutions that build familiarity, experience, and confidence with the language.The more challenging topics of Scala development (immutable data, anonymous functions, strong typing, flexible syntax) are introduced later in the book and build on the earlier problems to assist understanding. New concepts are demonstrated and explained before being used in coding problems or samples so that you will be able to progress through the chapters sequentially and not be forced to browse for answers. Scala has a deserved reputation as being difficult to learn, with a steep and extensive learning curve and unfamiliar syntax. This book is designed to address those difficulties.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Learning Scala : Practical Functional Programming for the Jvm
• Publisher: O'reilly Media Jan 2015
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1449367933
• ISBN 13: 9781449367930
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 231W x 177H x 17D millimeters 231 millimeters width by 177 millimeters height by 17 millimeters depth
• Weight: 443 grams

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Synopsis

Why learn Scala? You don’t need to be a data scientist or distributed computing expert to appreciate this object-oriented functional programming language. This practical book provides a comprehensive yet approachable introduction to the language, complete with syntax diagrams, examples, and exercises. You’ll start with Scala's core types and syntax before diving into higher-order functions and immutable data structures.

Author Jason Swartz demonstrates why Scala’s concise and expressive syntax make it an ideal language for Ruby or Python developers who want to improve their craft, while its type safety and performance ensures that it’s stable and fast enough for any application.

• Learn about the core data types, literals, values, and variables
• Discover how to think and write in expressions, the foundation for Scala's syntax
• Write higher-order functions that accept or return other functions
• Become familiar with immutable data structures and easily transform them with type-safe and declarative operations
• Create custom infix operators to simplify existing operations or even to start your own domain-specific language
• Build classes that compose one or more traits for full reusability, or create new functionality by mixing them in at instantiation

About the Author

Jason is a Software Engineer in the San Francisco Bay Area, developing Scala applications at Loyal3 and Netflix. Before making the switch to functional programming he managed the developer docs and support team at eBay, wrote advertising and merchandising platforms in Java and built tools and UI prototypes at Apple.