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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

RS

Oct 8, 2016

Really good explanation by the instructor. Good assignments. The assignments gave a good insights into functional programming. I loved the way the problems were decomposed into neat smaller functions.

VP

Sep 13, 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!

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By Pavel P

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Mar 31, 2019

Great view on Functional programming. Thank you for course

By krishna g

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Mar 7, 2017

Very good course, detailed and easy to learn with examples

By Chris K

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Feb 11, 2017

Very challenging for someone who has been doing imperative

By Martin M

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Nov 16, 2016

Really good course. It helps to start write code on Scala.

By Johnny V

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Sep 28, 2016

Very good course! I like slides, explanations and examples

By Life W

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Mar 11, 2020

Quite good course with interesting recursion test exams.

By Shivraj S

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May 12, 2019

This course is very helpful to me. I hope it also to you.

By 佟铁

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Feb 15, 2019

good, help me learn the functional programming.

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By Jaroslav S (

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Oct 9, 2017

Very informative and clear course with interesting tasks.

By Narendra H N

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Mar 3, 2017

Fundamentals are excellently explained by Martin Odersky.

By Lesley L

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Nov 13, 2016

A good introduction to functional programming in general.

By Noe P

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Oct 14, 2016

Excelente course. Would recommend it to every programmer.

By Jaeyeol S

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Aug 9, 2016

Excellent course to learn functional programming. Thanks.

By Mateusz D

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Mar 27, 2021

Awesome, very demanding course with satisfactory results

By Селюков И Б

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Jun 14, 2018

Best course for Scala with interesting tasks! Thank you!

By Vadim S

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Jul 3, 2017

This was not easy course, but it brought a lot of value!

By wendel h

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Mar 19, 2017

take it several times and learn something new every time

By Paul-Erik T

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Mar 12, 2017

Gave a good overview of Scala and functional programming

By Abhishek R

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Jan 27, 2017

Perfect course to start learning functional programming.

By Aditya G

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Aug 17, 2016

Great course for introduction to functional programming.

By Szymon P

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Jul 27, 2016

Great introduction both to functional paradigm and Scala

By Dumitru C

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Jun 12, 2016

Functional programming explained in a comprehensive way.

By Florian B

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Jul 11, 2021

Awesome exercises! Had a lot of fun during this course.

By Paul R

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Mar 18, 2021

Good introduction to Functional Programming with Scala.

By Carlos G

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Jan 29, 2020

Great introduction to functional programming with Scala