Steps in Scala
Steps in Scala
Scala is a highly expressive, concise and scalable language. It is also the most prominent method of the new and exciting methodology known as object-functional programming. In this book, the authors show how Scala grows to the needs of the programmer, whether professional or hobbyist. They teach Scala with a step-by-step approach and explain how to exploit the full power of the industry-proven JVM technology. Readers can then dive into specially chosen design challenges and implementation problems, inspired by the trials of real-world software engineering. It also helps readers to embrace the power of static typing and automatic type inference. In addition, the book shows how to use the dual-object and functional-oriented natures combined at Scala's core, and so write code that is less ‘boilerplate', giving a genuine increase in productivity.
- A concise yet complete introduction to the features of the language
- Includes real-world applications and examples, and carefully chosen exercises
- All of the code in the book is available online, together with exercise solutions
Reviews & endorsements
"Loverdos and Syropoulos provide a well-constructed introduction to this language."
J. Beidler, University of Scranton for Choice Magazine
Product details
November 2010Paperback
9780521747585
504 pages
247 × 175 × 26 mm
0.89kg
50 b/w illus. 25 tables 35 exercises
Available
Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Core features
- 3. Advanced features
- 4. Parser builders
- 5. XML processing
- 6. GUI programming
- 7. Concurrent programming
- 8. On paths and a bit of algebraic abstractions
- 9. Virtual files coming into existence
- 10. Compositional file matching
- 11. Searching, iterating, traversing
- 12. The expression problem
- 13. A computer algebra system
- Appendix A. Multimedia processing
- Appendix B. Distributing a Scala application along with Scala itself
- Appendix C. Working with the compiler and the interpreter
- Appendix D. Scala's grammar
- References
- Author index
- Subject index.
