Beginning Scala. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Vishal Layka, David Pollak.
• Authors: Layka, Vishal; Pollak, David
• Contents: At a Glance; Introduction; Chapter 1: Getting Started with Scala; Why Scala?; A Concise Language; Lightweight Syntax; Multiparadigm Language; Object-Oriented Language; Functional Language; Interoperability and Seamless Integration with Java; Language for the Java Virtual Machine; Installing Scala; Scala at the Command Line and Scala Scripts; Interactive Scala; Scala Scripts; Compiling Scala Programs; Your First Scala Programs; Hello World; Printing Some Numbers; Summary; Chapter 2: Basics of Scala; Variables; Scala Type Hierarchy; Any, AnyVal and AnyRef Types; Numeric Types. Boolean TypeChar Type; Unit type; Nothing and Null Types; Strings; String Interpolation; Functions; Function without Parameter; Function with Parameters; Arrays, Lists, Ranges, and Tuples; Arrays; Lists; Ranges; Tuples; Built-in Control Structures; If Expressions; While Loops; For Comprehension; Basic for Expression; Filters; Variable Binding; Yielding; try expressions; Match Expressions; Comments; Summary; Chapter 3: Object Orientation in Scala; Classes and Objects; Constructors; Constructors with Parameters; Parameter Declared as a val; Parameter Declared as a var. Parameter Declared as a private val or varParameter Declared without val or var; Auxiliary Constructor; Method Declaration; Code Blocks; Call-by-Name; Method Invocation; Objects; Singleton Objects; Companion Objects; Packaging and Imports; Inheritance; Extending Class; Traits; Case Classes; Value Classes; Scala versus Java versus Ruby; Classes and Instances; Traits, Interfaces, and Mixins; Object, Static, and Singletons; Functions, Anonymous Inner Classes, and Lambdas/Procs; Summary; Chapter 4: Functional Programming in Scala; Expression-Oriented Programming; A Pure Function. Referential TransparencyFunction Literal/Anonymous Function; First Class Function and Higher Order Function; Function as Variable; Function as Parameter; Returning a Function; Closure; Partially Applied Function; Curried Function; Function Composition; Tail Calls and Tail Call Optimization; Call-by-Name, Call-by-Value, and General Laziness; Summary; Chapter 5: Pattern Matching; Basic Pattern Matching; Matching Any Type; Testing Data Types; Pattern Matching in Lists; Pattern Matching and Lists; Pattern Matching and Case Classes; Nested Pattern Matching in Case Classes. Pattern Matching As FunctionsObject-Oriented and Functional Tensions; Shape Abstractions; Summary; Chapter 6: Scala Collections; Scala Collection Hierarchy; package scala.collection; Sequences; Sets; Map; package scala.collection.immutable; Immutable Sequence; Immutable Set; Immutable Map; package scala.collection.mutable; Sec11; Buffer; Using Immutable Collection Classes; Vector; List[T]; Getting Functional; Transformation; Reduxio; Look Ma, No Loops; Range; Stream; Tuples; Map[K, V]; Mutable Collections; Sec25; Mutable Queue; Mutable Stack; Summary; Chapter 7: Traits; Using Traits as Mixins.
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Berkeley, CA : Apress
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 260 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 005.13/3; Computer science; Scala (Computer program language); Computer programming; COMPUTERS -- Programming Languages -- General; Computer programming; Scala (Computer program language); Computers -- Software Development & Engineering -- General; Software Engineering; Java (Computer program language); Software engineering; Computers -- Programming Languages -- Java; Programming & scripting languages: general; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781484202326; 1484202325; 1484202333; 9781484202333
• Related ISBNs: 9781484202333
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 10, 2015).
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