Programming in Scala, 3rd Edition - Softcover

Odersky, Martin; Spoon, Lex; Venners, Bill

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0981531687 ISBN 13: 9780981531687

Publisher: Artima Inc, 2016

Synopsis

Programming in Scala, Third Edition, is the definitive book on Scala. Co-authored by the designer of the Scala language, Martin Odersky, this book is the authoritative tutorial on the Scala programming language. The third edition has been updated to cover new features up to, and including, Scala version 2.12. • Authoritative: Co-authored by the designer of Scala • Comprehensive: Covers the entire language and important libraries • Tutorial: Carefully designed to take readers, step-by-step, to master the language and start coding in Scala • Awards: Selected as a Jolt award finalist 2009

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About the Author

Martin Odersky is the creator of the Scala language. He is a professor at EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland, and a founder of Scala Solutions Inc. He works on programming languages and systems, more specifically on the topic how to combine object-oriented and functional programming. Since 2001 he has concentrated on designing, implementing, and refining Scala. Previously, he has influenced the development of Java as a co-designer of Java generics and as the original author of the current javac reference compiler. He is a fellow of the ACM. Lex Spoon is a software engineer at LogicBlox, Inc. He worked on Scala for two years as a post-doc at EPFL. He has a Ph.D. in computer science from Georgia Tech, where he worked on static analysis of dynamic languages. In addition to Scala, he has worked on a wide variety of programming languages, ranging from the dynamic language Smalltalk to the scientific language X10 to the logic language that powers LogicBlox. He and his wife currently live in Atlanta with two cats, a chihuahua, and a turtle. Bill Venners is president of Artima, Inc., publisher of the Artima Developer website (www.artima.com). He is author of the book, Inside the Java Virtual Machine, a programmer-oriented survey of the Java platform's architecture and internals. His popular columns in JavaWorld magazine covered Java internals, object-oriented design, and Jini. Active in the Jini Community since its inception, Bill led the Jini Community's ServiceUI project, whose ServiceUI API became the de facto standard way to associate user interfaces to Jini services. Bill is also the lead developer and designer of ScalaTest, an open source testing tool for Scala and Java developers.

From the Inside Flap

Programming in Scala, Third Edition, is the definitive book on Scala, the new language for the Java Platform that blends object-oriented and functional programming concepts into a unique and powerful tool for developers.Coauthored by the designer of the Scala language, this authoritative book will teach you, one step at a time, the Scala language and the ideas behind it.The book is carefully crafted to help you learn. The first few chapters will give you enough of the basics that you can already start using Scala for simple tasks. The entire book is organized so that each new concept builds on concepts that came before a series of steps that promises to help you master the Scala language and the important ideas about programming that Scala embodies. A comprehensive tutorial and reference for Scala, this book covers the entire language and important libraries.

Edition details

• Publisher: Artima Inc
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0981531687
• ISBN 13: 9780981531687
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 888