Oreilly Programming Scala

Programming Scala Scalability = Functional Programming + Objects By Dean Wampler, Alex Payne Publisher: O'Reilly Media Released: September 2009 Pages: 450

Programming Scala introduces an exciting new language that offers all the benefits of a modern object model, functional programming, and an advanced type system. Packed with code examples, this comprehensive book teaches you how to be productive with Scala quickly, and explains what makes this language ideal for today's highly scalable, component-based applications that support concurrency and distribution. You'll also learn the advantages that Scala offers as a language for the Java Virtual Machine.

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Preface

1. Zero to Sixty: Introducing Scala
2. Type Less, Do More
3. Rounding Out the Essentials
4. Traits
5. Basic Object-Oriented Programming in Scala
6. Advanced Object-Oriented Programming In Scala
7. The Scala Object System
8. Functional Programming in Scala
9. Robust, Scalable Concurrency with Actors
10. Herding XML in Scala
11. Domain-Specific Languages in Scala
12. The Scala Type System
13. Application Design
14. Scala Tools, Libraries and IDE Support Glossary A. References Index