This course aims to teach Scala programming language in a comprehensive manner. By the end of the course, learners will be able to set up a Scala development environment, understand Scala syntax and features, work with different data structures, implement functional programming concepts like higher-order functions and lambdas, and utilize object-oriented programming principles. The course covers topics such as types, loops, pattern matching, exceptions, collections, and implicits. The teaching method involves a crash course format with hands-on examples and explanations. This course is intended for individuals interested in learning Scala, especially those with some prior programming experience looking to expand their skill set.
Overview
Syllabus
Intro.
Slides - Why learn Scala?.
Slides - Why learn Scala now?.
Slides - What is Scala?.
Environment setup.
Tour.
Comments/Javadoc/Scaladoc (crash course starts here).
Keywords: val, var, def, lazy val.
Top level definitions.
The Uniform Access Principle.
Types.
Keyword: type.
Literals and String interpolation.
If expressions and the type hiearchy.
Boolean opeartions and equality.
Loops and tail recursion.
Higher order functions and lambdas aka anonymous functions aka arrow functions.
Pattern matching and partial functions.
Exceptions.
Collections and imports.
For Comprehensions.
Factorial (just another tail recursive example).
Adding/removing elements to collections and right-associative operators.
Methods with variable argument lists aka Varargs.
Function currying and OO classes.
OO objects and properties.
OO traits, inheritance and subtype polymorphism.
Self types.
Objects (classes) expose methods and hide data.
Data structures (case classes) expose data and hide methods.
Algebraic Data Types aka ADTs.
Implicits.
Taught by
DevInsideYou
