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About the Course

Functional programming is becoming increasingly widespread in industry. This trend is driven by the adoption of Scala as the main programming language for many applications. Scala fuses functional and object-oriented programming in a practical package. It interoperates seamlessly with both Java and Javascript. Scala is the implementation language of many important frameworks, including Apache Spark, Kafka, and Akka. It provides the core infrastructure for sites such as Twitter, Netflix, Zalando, and also Coursera. In this course, you will discover the elements of the functional programming style and learn how to apply them usefully in your daily programming tasks, such as modeling business domains or implementing business logic. You will also develop a solid foundation for reasoning about functional programs, by touching upon proofs of invariants and the tracing of execution symbolically. The course is hands-on; most units introduce short programs that serve as illustrations of important concepts and invite you to play with them, modifying and improving them. The course is complemented by a series of programming projects as homework assignments. Recommended background: You should have at least one year of programming experience. Proficiency with Java or C# is ideal, but experience with other languages such as C/C++, Python, Javascript, or Ruby is also sufficient. You should have some background in mathematics (e.g., algebra, logic, proof by induction). Last, you should have some familiarity with using the command line....

Top reviews

VP

Sep 14, 2018

It took me much longer than expected to finish the course and sometimes it made me feel stupid and helpless. Diving into functional programming was a mind bending experience, totally worth time spent!

GS

Sep 18, 2022

The course is v​ery well structured and explained, I enjoyed and learned a lot. At least for me, I needed way more time for understanding the theory and completing the exercises than what estimated.

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By Krzysztof U

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Oct 1, 2016

Very good introduction to FP. :)

By Athiwat R

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May 22, 2021

Very useful for who study Scala

By clark.bourne

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Sep 16, 2019

very nice lessons and exercies.

By Omar A M H

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Sep 5, 2018

Well explained, great exercises

By Du G

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Dec 3, 2017

Good to learn the Scala quickly

By laosheng

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Dec 1, 2017

Good course to learning Scala L

By dinesh b s

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Sep 25, 2017

programming exercises were osom

By ranjan k r

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May 29, 2017

Detailed session on each topic.

By Iaroslav V

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May 21, 2017

Excelent scala newcomers guide.

By Patrik P

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May 7, 2017

Excellent course, worth taking!

By João A D S C

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Apr 29, 2017

Exceptional resource, thank you

By Felix K

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Nov 14, 2016

Very good introduction lecture.

By Zhijun C

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Oct 21, 2016

Love it from a Java programmer.

By Joaquin B

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Oct 3, 2016

Really helped me to learn scala

By Tarun D

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Aug 25, 2016

Excellent qualty of material...

By Dhiresh A J

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Aug 21, 2016

Good course of medium diffculty

By Murthy M

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Jul 16, 2022

Topics Coverage is really good

By Patrik I

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Oct 8, 2019

Challenging on the right level

By Sumit K

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Jun 26, 2017

Very helpful and easy to learn

By Boriss C

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Apr 24, 2017

Very good introductory course!

By Maxim L

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Sep 8, 2016

The Great course for beginers.

By arpan p

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Nov 26, 2021

best to revise datastructures

By Brian P

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Jun 17, 2020

Very solid and useful lecture

By Mamadou B

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Dec 5, 2019

I love functional programing.

By Ivan C

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Nov 5, 2018

Quite challenging my friends!