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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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Jun 20, 2016

Great course!!

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Jan 8, 2020

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Dec 2, 2019

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Nov 6, 2017

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Sep 23, 2017

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Aug 29, 2017

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Jun 12, 2017

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Mar 23, 2017

Great course!

By Chandra M S

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Oct 8, 2016

awesome scala

By Ge Y

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Jul 24, 2016

Great course!

By Lifu J

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Jun 15, 2016

great lecture

By Ruslan P

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Jun 13, 2016

Great course!

By Fang Z

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Jun 10, 2016

Great course!

By Алексей Ф

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Jul 18, 2022

Хороший курс

By Miguel E S R

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Jun 23, 2019

super pretty

By Tian

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Feb 20, 2018

nice course!

By Paolo S

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Feb 8, 2018

simply great

By Elad W

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Jan 4, 2018

Great course

By DAVID J A

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Oct 14, 2017

Brilliant!!!

By Svetlana B

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Jul 16, 2017

very useful!

By Rinat F

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Apr 27, 2017

Excellent!!!

By Longsheng W

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Apr 18, 2017

intuitive!!!

By York H

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Mar 30, 2017

Great course

By Douglas M

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Mar 1, 2017

Great course

By shellsong

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Feb 14, 2017

very helpful