Introduction to Scala Training Course

Course Summary

The Introduction to Scala training course is designed to demonstrate how to migrate to the Scala programming language.

The course begins with a lesson on how to set up Scala and use basic constructs. Next, it explores how to craft higher order functions and integrate in and out of Java. The course concludes with a deep dive into understanding some of the harder concepts like mixing composition, extractors, pattern matching, abstract types, type classes, and more.

Purpose

Learn how to adopt Scala to efficiently build multi-core processing applications.

Audience

Existing Java developers looking to move to Scala.

Role

Software Developer - Web Developer

Skill Level

Intermediate

Style

Hack-a-thon - Learning Spikes - Workshops

Duration

5 Days

Related Technologies

Scala

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Productivity Objectives:

Distinguish the differences between Scala and Java
Build a simple Scala application
Integrate Scala with existing Java code

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Project-focused demos and labs using your tool stack and environment, not some canned "training room" lab.
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What You'll Learn

In the Introduction to Scala training course, you'll learn:

Introduction to Scala
- About Scala
- Setting up SBT
- The Language
Scala Syntax
- Primitive and simple types
- Control structures
- Better Access Modifiers
- Lazy Values
- Currying
Objects and Classes
- Classes and Objects
- Nulls, Nothing, and Units
- Case Classes
- Abstract Classes and Basic Traits
Functions
- Functions and Higher Order Functions
- Functions from Objects
- Partial Functions
- Recursion
Collections and Monads
- Lists
- Buffers
- Sets
- Maps
- Arrays
- Streams
- Vectors and Tries
- Options
- For-Comprehensions
Composition and Inheritance
- Traits
- Parameterized Types and Abstract types
- Self types
- Path Dependent Types
- Type Safe Duck Typing with Structural types
- Covariance, Invariance, Contravariance
- TypeTags and Reflections
Pattern matching
- Matching Lists, Options, Tuples, and Regular Expressions
- Pattern Guards
- Case Class and Sealed Case Class Matching
- Custom Pattern Matching with Extractors
Implicits and Type Classes
- Implicit Conversions
- Implicit Parameters
- Type Classes
- View Bounds
- Scala and Java Interoperability
Testing with Scala
- ScalaTest with Easy Mock
- Specs2 with Mockito
- ScalaMock
- ScalaCheck
Engineering with Scala
- Dependency Injection with Java frameworks
- Functional Patterns
- Cake Pattern
- Higher Kinded Types and Existentials
Actors and Concurrent Programming
- Setting up Akka
- About Akka
- Actors & Supervision