Professional Scala

If your application source code is overly verbose, it can be a nightmare to maintain. Write concise and expressive, type-safe code in an environment that lets you build for the JVM, browser, and more.

Key Features

• Expert guidance that shows you to efficiently use both object-oriented and functional programming techniques
• Understand functional programming libraries, such as Cats and Scalaz, and use them to augment your Scala development
• Perfectly balances theory and hands-on exercises, assessments, and activities

Book Description

What you will learn

• Understand the key language syntax and core concepts for application development
• Master the type system to create scalable type-safe applications while cutting down your time spent debugging
• Understand how you can work with advanced data structures via built-in features such as the Collections library
• Use classes, objects, and traits to transform a trivial chatbot program into a useful assistant
• Understand what are pure functions, immutability, and higher-order functions
• Recognize and implement popular functional programming design patterns

Who this book is for

This is an ideal book for developers who are looking to learn Scala, and is particularly well suited for Java developers looking to migrate across to Scala for application development on the JVM.