Scala in Action: Covers Scala 2.10

Scala in Action: Covers Scala 2.10, 9781935182757 (1935182757), Manning Publications, 2013

Summary

Scala in Action is a comprehensive tutorial that introduces Scala through clear explanations and numerous hands-on examples. Because Scala is a rich and deep language, it can be daunting to absorb all the new concepts at once. This book takes a "how-to" approach, explaining language concepts as you explore familiar programming challenges that you face in your day-to-day work.

About the Technology

Scala runs on the JVM and combines object-orientation with functional programming. It's designed to produce succinct, type-safe code, which is crucial for enterprise applications. Scala implements Actor-based concurrency through the amazing Akka framework, so you can avoid Java's messy threading while interacting seamlessly with Java.

About this Book

Scala in Action is a comprehensive tutorial that introduces the language through clear explanations and numerous hands-on examples. It takes a "how to" approach, explaining language concepts as you explore familiar programming tasks. You'll tackle concurrent programming in Akka, learn to work with Scala and Spring, and learn how to build DSLs and other productivity tools. You'll learn both the language and how to use it.

Experience with Java is helpful but not required. Ruby and Python programmers will also find this book accessible.

What's Inside

A Scala tutorial
How to use Java and Scala open source libraries
How to use SBT
Test-driven development
Debugging
Updated for Scala 2.10

Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.

About the Author

Nilanjan Raychaudhuri is a skilled developer, speaker, and an avid polyglot programmer who works with Scala on production systems.

Table of Contents

PART 1 SCALA: THE BASICS

PART 2 WORKING WITH SCALA

PART 3 ADVANCED STEPS

Why Scala?
Getting started
OOP in Scala
Having fun with functional data structures
Functional programming
Building web applications in functional style
Connecting to a database
Building scalable and extensible components
Concurrency programming in Scala
Building confidence with testing
Interoperability between Scala and Java
Scalable and distributed applications using Akka

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