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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 Jonathan V M

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Jan 31, 2017

Nice course!

By Vasya K

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Sep 11, 2016

I like scala

By JoolsFenner

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Jul 16, 2016

Outstanding.

By Shuo Z

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Jun 27, 2016

Great course

By gagandeep K

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May 17, 2018

recommended

By Gourav S

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Nov 2, 2017

super duper

By shimin

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Jul 24, 2017

nice course

By Nikola L

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Jul 10, 2017

very useful

By Zsolt p

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Jun 5, 2017

Very good!!

By Oleg R

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Mar 6, 2017

really good

By Alexander K

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Jan 15, 2017

Good course

By Dhirendra K K

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Jan 5, 2017

Nice course

By Diman B

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Nov 17, 2016

great intro

By wjt_bc

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Aug 30, 2016

very useful

By Faiaz S

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Jun 22, 2016

Best course

By Oleg V

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Dec 25, 2022

Brilliant!

By Nikolaos C

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May 3, 2021

top notch!

By Lucas S C

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Mar 17, 2020

incredible

By Max Z

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Mar 4, 2018

Very good.

By Abhinav K

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Nov 22, 2017

Great Work

By Merlin R

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Feb 25, 2017

Fantastic!

By BadUncle

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Feb 21, 2017

Very Good!

By Konstantin

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Jan 18, 2017

I like it!

By Rabish K

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Nov 13, 2016

Excellent!

By Jayesh B

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Oct 7, 2016

Excellent!