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Beginning Scala

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  1. David Pollak
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  • Written by Lift Scala web framework founder and lead Dave Pollak, Beginning Scala takes a down-to-earth approach to teaching Scala that leads you through simple examples that can be combined to build complex, scalable systems and applications.

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. About Scala and How to Install It

    • David Pollak
    Pages 1-10

  3. Scala Syntax, Scripts, and Your First Scala Programs

    • David Pollak
    Pages 11-48

  4. Collections and the Joy of Immutability

    • David Pollak
    Pages 49-92

  5. Fun with Functions, and Never Having to Close That JDBC Connection

    • David Pollak
    Pages 93-113

  6. Pattern Matching

    • David Pollak
    Pages 115-136

  7. Actors and Concurrency

    • David Pollak
    Pages 137-170

  8. Traits and Types and Gnarly Stuff for Architects

    • David Pollak
    Pages 171-232

  9. Parsers—Because BNF Is Not Just for Academics Anymore

    • David Pollak
    Pages 233-261

  10. Scaling Your Team

    • David Pollak
    Pages 263-290

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 291-297
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About this book

The open source Scala language is a Java-based dynamic scripting, functional programming language. Moreover, this highly scalable scripting language lends itself well to building cloud-based/deliverable Software as a Service (SaaS) online applications.

Written by Lift Scala web framework founder and lead Dave Pollak, Beginning Scala takes a down-to-earth approach to teaching Scala that leads you through simple examples that can be combined to build complex, scalable systems and applications.

This book introduces you to the Scala programming language and then guides you through Scala constructs and libraries that allow small and large teams to assemble small components into high-performance, scalable systems. You will learn why Scala is becoming the language of choice for Web 2.0 companies such as Twitter as well as enterprises such as Seimens and SAP.

About the author

David Pollak has been writing commercial software since 1977. He wrote the award-winning Mesa spreadsheet, which in 1992 was the first real-time spreadsheet. Wall Street companies traded billions of dollars a day through Mesa. In 1996, David sold his company to CMP Media and became CTO of CMP Media's NetGuide Live and was one of the first large-scale users of Java and WebLogic to power an Internet site. In 1998, David released Integer, the world's first browser-accessible, multiuser spreadsheet. Since 2000, David has been consulting for companies including Hewlett-Packard, Pretzel Logic/WebGain, BankServ, Twitter, and SAP. David has been using Scala since 2006 and is the lead developer of the Lift Web framework.

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