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Scala is now an established programming language developed by Martin Oderskey and his team at the EPFL. The name Scala is derived from Sca(lable) La(nguage). Scala is a multi-paradigm language, incorporating object oriented...
Scala is now an established programming language developed by Martin Oderskey and his team at the EPFL. The name Scala is derived from Sca(lable) La(nguage). Scala is a multi-paradigm language, incorporating object oriented approaches with functional programming.
Although some familiarity with standard computing concepts is assumed (such as the idea of compiling a program and executing this compiled from etc.) and with basic procedural language concepts (such as variables and allocation of values to these variables) the early chapters of the book do not assume any familiarity with object orientation nor with functional programming These chapters also step through other concepts with which the reader may not be familiar (such as list processing).
From this background, the book provides a practical introduction to both object and functional approaches using Scala. These concepts are introduced through practical experience taking the reader beyond the level of the language syntax to the philosophy and practice of object oriented development and functional programming.
Students and those actively involved in the software industry will find this comprehensive introduction to Scala invaluable.
Unlike other books currently on the market this title does not assume that the reader is already proficient in an object-oriented language such as Java
All examples are complete and can be downloaded and executed by the reader
As well as introducing Scala, object-oriented and functional programming the book also covers web frameworks for Scala such as Play, Scala Swing, database access, build systems for Scala and the Akka concurrency framework
Elements of Object Orientation Why Object Orientation? Object Orientation Systems Functional Programming Scala Background Little Scala Scala Building Blocks Scala Classes Scala Methods Packages and Encapsulation Building A Class Classes and Inherit Objects and Instances Value Classes Constructs Control Traits Further Traits Arrays Tuples Functional Programming in Scala Higher Order Functions Partial Application Collections List and Map Collections Immutable and Mutable Collection Packages Type Parameterization Further Constructs Exception Handling Akka Actors Further Akka Actors Scala and JDBC Database Scala Style Database Access Slick Testing Scala Testing Play Framework Restful Services Scalaz Scala Swing Scala Swing Reactors Build Tools Java Interop.
John Hunt is a technology trainer, consultant, mentor and author who has 35 years experience within the computing industry. He has worked extensively in Object Oriented technologies over the last 25 years, although his career began writing LISP on a Symbolics Lisp Machine. He first encountered Scala in 2010 through an organization with which he was working. Since then he has been involved in numerous Scala projects and has worked with a number of teams on developing their Scala skills.
John Hunt is a technology trainer, consultant, mentor and author who has 35 years experience within the computing industry. He has worked extensively in Object Oriented technologies over the last 25 years, although his career began writing LISP on a Symbolics Lisp Machine. He first encountered Scala in 2010 through an organization with which he was working. Since then he has been involved in numerous Scala projects and has worked with a number of teams on developing their Scala skills.
