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Author: Martin Odersky
ISBN : B004Z1FTXS
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You can download Free Programming in Scala: A Comprehensive Step-by-Step Guide [Kindle Edition] from with Mediafire Link Download LinkScala is an object-oriented programming language for the Java Virtual Machine. In addition to being object-oriented, Scala is also a functional language, and combines the best approaches to OO and functional programming.
In Italian, Scala means a stairway, or steps indeed, Scala lets you step up to a programming environment that incorporates some of the best recent thinking in programming language design while also letting you use all your existing Java code.
Artima is very pleased to publish a new edition of the best-selling book on Scala, written by the designer of the language, Martin Odersky. Co-authored by Lex Spoon and Bill Venners, this book takes a step-by-step tutorial approach to teaching you Scala. Starting with the fundamental elements of the language, Programming in Scala introduces functional programming from the practitioner's perspective, and describes advanced language features that can make you a better, more productive developer.Books with free ebook downloads available Free Programming in Scala: A Comprehensive Step-by-Step Guide
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- Print Length: 852 pages
- Publisher: Artima Press; 2 edition (December 13, 2010)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B004Z1FTXS
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Free Programming in Scala: A Comprehensive Step-by-Step Guide
I have found the presentation in the book to be awesome for my 15 years experience with Java. Each "new" concept is introduced at just the right level of the abstraction (this is the syntax), concreteness (here's an example usage - i.e. an aspect of the semantics) and then a pleasant mildly judgmental comparison to how the same is currently accomplished in Java (1.5 or higher). I also like how principled and consistent the authors remain as they present code and design patterns. It reminded me of my experience reading Bertrand Meyer's "Object Oriented Software Design" back in 1997. There is a very deep consistency and pleasantness to every aspect of Scala. It clearly has learned immense amounts from C/C++, Java, Eiffel, Modula 2, Lisp, Erlang, Hackell, etc.
Thanks to Oracle's recent acquisition of Sun (2010), I started looking for my "what's next after Java" as I have little confidence Oracle will be as good to the future of Java as Sun had been. I like that Scala integrates so naturally with Java code. I like how there is activity to integrate it with C#/.NET. Scala really does feel like the "next thing after Java" just as Java was the "next thing" after C/C++ 15 years ago. It's core is now sufficiently stable, I can see Scala eventually compiling to targets outside of the JVM.
"Programming in Scala - 2nd Edition" has held me mesmerized throughout. I haven't been able to put it down. I have the ebook version (too) loaded in my phone and I read it every spare moment I get. I am being quite literal in that I cannot put it down. And I cannot wait to dive in and play with the language, while never being very far from all the Java libraries I have learned to depend upon over the years.
This book is really an intro to Scala and programming for Experienced Programmers, Experienced Java Programmers, and 'amateurs'.
It's in the middle of the road, and that's why it's not fantastic. It's also teaching somewhat 'intuitively'. That is, they often avoid stating the rules explicitly saying stuff like 'it's not needed for this section', so you end up seeing unfamiliar syntax without really learning the rules. Things like the => and the <- are somewhat unique to Scala (though they do map to constructs in other languages). But they never really give you the rules around them explicitly, they just show a few examples of different ways you can use things. As a result, you can't learn Scala deeply.
The wildcards in Scala are also not presented in depth, and instead you encounter their rules piecemeal: chapter by chapter, use case by use case. Maybe they'd be too much for one place, but I can handle references to parsing rules and it would be nice to have this presented early on.
They also discuss lots of the similarities to Java. I'm honestly not sure if this would really be that accessible to someone without experience in Java. I do know Java, so the parallels and contrasts are valuable, but then they're also discussing the basics of inheritance and information hiding -- one of these sections must be a waste of time for most readers: either you're an amateur (excuse the term, not meant to be condescending) and the section about Java is a waste of time, or you're experienced and the fundamentals of inheritance are a waste of time (yes, some readers might be experienced without Java knowledge, please take this as an example of a symptom).
It's tough to be all things to all people.
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