Creative Scala: A New Introduction to Scala

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Post by noelwelsh » Wed, Feb 25, 2015, 4:31 PM UTC

Creative Scala: A New Introduction to Scala
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Re: Creative Scala: A New Introduction to Scala

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Post by muraiki » Wed, Feb 25, 2015, 5:19 PM UTC

This looks nice! Can anyone recommend other good resources for Scala beginners? I'm checking out Twitter's Scala School[1] but the disclaimer near the start indicates that it's based on an older Scala version. I'm also using Odersky's "Scala by Example"[2]

1: http://twitter.github.io/scala_school 2: http://www.scala-lang.org/docu/files/ScalaByExample.pdf

Re: Creative Scala: A New Introduction to Scala

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Post by benjaminjackman » Wed, Feb 25, 2015, 5:24 PM UTC

muraiki wrote: post #2

This looks nice! Can anyone recommend other good resources for Scala beginners? I'm checking out Twitter's Scala School[1] but the disclaimer near the start indicates that it's based on an older Scala version. I'm also using Odersky's "Scala by Example"[2] 1: http://twitter.github.io/scala_school 2: http://www.scala-lang.org/docu/files/ScalaByExample.pdf

Usually we have programmers take the Odersky coursera course. [1]

1: https://www.coursera.org/course/progfun

Re: Creative Scala: A New Introduction to Scala

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Post by modersky » Wed, Feb 25, 2015, 5:27 PM UTC

muraiki wrote: post #2

This looks nice! Can anyone recommend other good resources for Scala beginners? I'm checking out Twitter's Scala School[1] but the disclaimer near the start indicates that it's based on an older Scala version. I'm also using Odersky's "Scala by Example"[2] 1: http://twitter.github.io/scala_school 2: http://www.scala-lang.org/docu/files/ScalaByExample.pdf

I think the Twitter school is pretty up-to-date. Scala-by-Example is older. There are also a large number of good books teaching Scala. I believe it's worth investing in one or two. And, there's my Coursera course, if you want a more rigorous introduction not just to Scala but to functional programming in general.

Re: Creative Scala: A New Introduction to Scala

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Post by 67726e » Wed, Feb 25, 2015, 5:37 PM UTC

modersky wrote: post #4

muraiki wrote: post #2

This looks nice! Can anyone recommend other good resources for Scala beginners? I'm checking out Twitter's Scala School[1] but the disclaimer near the start indicates that it's based on an older Scala version. I'm also using Odersky's "Scala by Example"[2] 1: http://twitter.github.io/scala_school 2: http://www.scala-lang.org/docu/files/ScalaByExample.pdf

I think the Twitter school is pretty up-to-date. Scala-by-Example is older. There are also a large number of good books teaching Scala. I believe it's worth investing in one or two. And, there's my Coursera course, if you want a more rigorous introduction not just to Scala but to functional programming in general.

The Coursera Functional Programming Principles in Scala[0] course is definitely worth the time. Coming from being a Java programmer in my day job, it's made my Scala I've written since a lot cleaner, in my opinion. It's also had the side effect of making Java a bit more unbearable. It's definitely not to be approached as a beginner to programming though.

[0] - https://www.coursera.org/course/progfun

Re: Creative Scala: A New Introduction to Scala

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Post by jgrowl » Wed, Feb 25, 2015, 5:42 PM UTC

benjaminjackman wrote: post #3

muraiki wrote: post #2

This looks nice! Can anyone recommend other good resources for Scala beginners? I'm checking out Twitter's Scala School[1] but the disclaimer near the start indicates that it's based on an older Scala version. I'm also using Odersky's "Scala by Example"[2] 1: http://twitter.github.io/scala_school 2: http://www.scala-lang.org/docu/files/ScalaByExample.pdf

Usually we have programmers take the Odersky coursera course. [1] 1: https://www.coursera.org/course/progfun

I took this course about a year ago. It was my real exposure to a functional language. I had a lot of fun!

Re: Creative Scala: A New Introduction to Scala

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Post by muraiki » Wed, Feb 25, 2015, 5:42 PM UTC

modersky wrote: post #4

muraiki wrote: post #2

This looks nice! Can anyone recommend other good resources for Scala beginners? I'm checking out Twitter's Scala School[1] but the disclaimer near the start indicates that it's based on an older Scala version. I'm also using Odersky's "Scala by Example"[2] 1: http://twitter.github.io/scala_school 2: http://www.scala-lang.org/docu/files/ScalaByExample.pdf

I think the Twitter school is pretty up-to-date. Scala-by-Example is older. There are also a large number of good books teaching Scala. I believe it's worth investing in one or two. And, there's my Coursera course, if you want a more rigorous introduction not just to Scala but to functional programming in general.

Wow, I didn't expect to receive a reply from you! Thanks, I'll check out the Coursera course. I did start reading "Functional Programming in Scala" by Paul Chiusano and Rúnar Bjarnason, but wanted something a bit more beginner-friendly. Then again I was recovering from a concussion at the time, so perhaps I should revisit it now. :)

Re: Creative Scala: A New Introduction to Scala

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Post by catkin » Wed, Feb 25, 2015, 5:43 PM UTC

This is exactly what I was looking for! I started looking at Scala over the weekend and found the existing beginner-oriented documentation to be pretty lacking. I also signed up for the course.

Re: Creative Scala: A New Introduction to Scala

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Post by stusmall » Wed, Feb 25, 2015, 5:44 PM UTC

muraiki wrote: post #2

This looks nice! Can anyone recommend other good resources for Scala beginners? I'm checking out Twitter's Scala School[1] but the disclaimer near the start indicates that it's based on an older Scala version. I'm also using Odersky's "Scala by Example"[2] 1: http://twitter.github.io/scala_school 2: http://www.scala-lang.org/docu/files/ScalaByExample.pdf

Programing in Scala[1] helped make a lot of things click for me. I'd start there.

1.http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Scala-Comprehensive-Step-S...

Re: Creative Scala: A New Introduction to Scala

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Post by noelwelsh » Wed, Feb 25, 2015, 5:53 PM UTC

muraiki wrote: post #2

This looks nice! Can anyone recommend other good resources for Scala beginners? I'm checking out Twitter's Scala School[1] but the disclaimer near the start indicates that it's based on an older Scala version. I'm also using Odersky's "Scala by Example"[2] 1: http://twitter.github.io/scala_school 2: http://www.scala-lang.org/docu/files/ScalaByExample.pdf

Thanks! If you like Creative Scala I hope you'll consider Essential Scala, which is our follow on course. It's available as a book and we also deliver face-to-face training online and at public courses: http://underscore.io/training/courses/essential-scala/

We wrote Essential Scala because we didn't think any of the existing introductory books meshed with how we want to teach. Essential Scala focuses on core patterns of functional programming, and only introduces Scala features as necessary to support these patterns.

I'm happy to email you (and anyone else who is interested) an excerpt. I'm noel at underscore dot io.