Scala Functional Programming and Collections

Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number
Expertise Level

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Overview/Description
Scala mixes programming paradigms, and so presents a challenge to programmers coming from any other language. This course explores the use of functional programming in Scala as well as the Collections library and its uses.

Target Audience
Programmers with some experience of programming in another language looking to get a start in Scala

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
1.6

Lesson Objectives

Scala Functional Programming and Collections

start the course

describe the key aspects of functional programming in Scala

demonstrate the use of expression-oriented programming in Scala

utilize pure functions in Scala

explore the use of literals and anonymous functions in Scala

demonstrate how functions can be used as variables and parameters in Scala

describe the use of closures

create and use partially applied functions

demonstrate how to curry a function

explore how to compose functions from other functions

describe how to best use tail-recursion

differentiate between call-by-name and call-by-value

provide an overview of the collections framework in Scala

explore the key differences between mutable and immutable collections

use Sets in a Scala application

use Maps in a Scala application

use Sequences and perform sort operations in a Scala application

use Iterators in a Scala application

identify the key aspects of concrete immutable collection classes

identify the key aspects of concrete mutable collection classes

apply arrays in Scala

work with Strings in Scala code

demonstrate the proper way to test for equality in code

work with interpolation when using strings in Scala

compare Java and Scala collections

create a Scala application that utilizes functional programming to work with collections and Strings

Course Number:
sd_scal_a02_it_enus

Expertise Level
Intermediate