Scala: Advanced Object-Functional Programming Training Course

Introduction

• Scala as a JVM language
• Objection-oriented programming vs functional programming

Overview of Object-Functional Programming

• Tail recursion
• Partial functions
• Currying and partial function application
• Closures
• Lazy evaluation

Mastering the Scala Type System

• About traits
• Structural types
• Path dependent types
• Self types
• Covariance and contravariance
• Type bounds

Advanced Pattern Matching in Scala

• Deep matching
• Using extractors

Using Scala Implicit

• Implicit conversion, classes and parameters
• Type class pattern
• Context and view bounds

Libraries and DSLs

• Custom control structures with by-name parameters
• Building well-designed libraries and internal DSLs

Working with Scala Collections

• Working with Streams
• Manifests and class tags
• Builders
• CanBuildFrom
• Building custom collections

Functional Exception Handling

• Traditional exception handling
• Functional exception handling
• Using Try with For comprehensions

Closing Remarks