• Title Programming in Scala, 2nd Edition: A comprehensive step-by-step guide
• Author(s) Martin Odersky, Lex Spoon, and Bill Venners
• Publisher: Artima Inc; 2 edition (January 4, 2011), eBook (First Edition, December 10, 2008)
• Paperback 852 pages
• eBook Online, HTML, PDF
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0981531644
• ISBN-13: 978-0981531649
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Book Description

Scala 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.

This book is the authoritative tutorial on the Scala programming language, co-written by the language's designer, Martin Odersky.

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.

About the Authors

• 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.

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