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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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Dec 18, 2020

What a great prof.

By Hans P

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Jul 14, 2017

This prof is godly

By Birkan G

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May 28, 2017

I learned so much!

By Raj S

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May 14, 2017

Excellent Course!!

By Christian Z

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Mar 15, 2017

Very useful course

By Sebastian H

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Dec 5, 2016

Excellent teaching

By Rudolf S

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Sep 29, 2016

Odersky is the man

By Gian U L

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Sep 5, 2016

I gpt a lot of fun

By Matteo M

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Sep 23, 2021

great challenges

By Taewoo K

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Feb 16, 2020

good for beginner

By Fidel P

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Feb 5, 2020

excellent course!

By Quentin L

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Oct 29, 2019

Very good course!

By Rahul M

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May 6, 2019

great hard course

By Anton H

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Oct 29, 2018

Very nice course.

By Patrick O

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Oct 24, 2018

Awesome Course!!!

By Ashish

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May 14, 2018

Very good course.

By Natalija I

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Mar 16, 2018

Excellent course!

By Johannes C

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Mar 8, 2018

Fantastic course!

By Akash D

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Jul 15, 2017

Just too awesome!

By Hans S

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Jul 2, 2017

Opened my eyes ;)

By Oleg

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May 12, 2017

It was awesome!!!

By oWen H

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May 9, 2017

Excellent course!

By Georgi Y

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Nov 16, 2016

Excellent course!

By Mateus Q

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Oct 9, 2016

Excellent course!

By Omil M

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Oct 2, 2016

quite informative