Scala Language: The Big Picture
This course will teach you about the Scala language. You will learn about the ecosystem, the language details, and see how to get started with the language in few simple steps.
What you'll learn
It is intimidating when you are not sure if a programming language can help you solve your problems at hand. In this course, Scala Language: The Big Picture, you’ll learn to get started with the language. First, you’ll explore the language and the entire ecosystem developed using tools and libraries. Next, you’ll discover how Scala code is structured and executed. Finally, you’ll learn how to integrate Java code with Scala and run them together. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of Scala needed to take next steps of diving deeper and learning the fundamentals of the language.
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Course FAQ
Scala is a programming language that is used for general purpose language that serves both object oriented programming and functional programming
This course if for anyone that has a small background in programming languages and wants to learn about the Scala language. Although it is a beginner course, some basic understanding of programming is preferred to understand all the concepts within this course.
Yes, Scala is very similar to Python. They both are object-oriented programming languages that have many functional attributes. Although they are similar, the biggest difference is that Scala was built to use the Java Virtual Machine (JVM)
About the author
Harit Himanshu is a hands-on software professional with more than a decade of experience in building and shipping products at companies of small to large sizes. He has contributed in various domains such as Advertising, CleanTech, Security, and FinTech. He is passionate about writing clean testable code and prefers being lazy when coding. In his free time, he is found tinkering new technologies, learning new business domains, reading books, cooking, singing and investing his time with his wife o... more