Swartz J. - Learning Scala: Practical Functional Programming for the JVM [2014, PDF/EPUB, ENG]

Table of Contents

Core Scala
Chapter 1Getting Started with the Scalable Language
Installing Scala
Using the Scala REPL
Summary
Exercises
Chapter 2Working with Data: Literals, Values, Variables, and Types
Values
Variables
Naming
Types
Summary
Exercises
Chapter 3Expressions and Conditionals
Expressions
If..Else Expression Blocks
Match Expressions
Loops
Summary
Exercises
Chapter 4Functions
Procedures
Functions with Empty Parentheses
Function Invocation with Expression Blocks
Recursive Functions
Nested Functions
Calling Functions with Named Parameters
Parameters with Default Values
Vararg Parameters
Parameter Groups
Type Parameters
Methods and Operators
Writing Readable Functions
Summary
Exercises
Chapter 5First-Class Functions
Function Types and Values
Higher-Order Functions
Function Literals
Placeholder Syntax
Partially Applied Functions and Currying
By-Name Parameters
Partial Functions
Invoking Higher-Order Functions with Function Literal Blocks
Summary
Exercises
Chapter 6Common Collections
Lists, Sets, and Maps
What’s in a List?
List Arithmetic
Mapping Lists
Reducing Lists
Converting Collections
Pattern Matching with Collections
Summary
Exercises
Chapter 7More Collections
Mutable Collections
Arrays
Seq and Sequences
Streams
Monadic Collections
Summary
Exercises
Object-Oriented Scala
Chapter 8Classes
Defining Classes
More Class Types
More Field and Method Types
Packaging
Privacy Controls
Privacy Access Modifiers
Final and Sealed Classes
Summary
Exercises
Chapter 9Objects, Case Classes, and Traits
Objects
Case Classes
Traits
Importing Instance Members
Summary
Break—Configuring Your First Scala Project
Exercises
Chapter 10Advanced Typing
Tuple and Function Value Classes
Implicit Parameters
Implicit Classes
Types
Summary
Questions
Appendix Reserved Words