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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 Vladimir I

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Aug 22, 2016

Martin is awesome teacher!

By Mirco C

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Jun 27, 2016

Great course, compliments!

By Robert B D

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Feb 7, 2021

Thanks for a great course

By Vladyslav H

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Jul 30, 2020

Pure math, pure hardcore.

By Ali G G

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Apr 18, 2020

Perfect and useful for me

By Dinesh S

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Aug 3, 2019

Really challenging course

By Mariano C

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Jun 4, 2017

Interesting and engaging.

By Kirill U

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May 21, 2017

Nice start to learn Scala

By Dinesh K B R

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Dec 27, 2016

Very good and interactive

By Jinho L

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Nov 12, 2016

Assignments are rewarding

By Mayank T

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Jun 22, 2016

The best course on Scala.

By Marduk s

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Jun 10, 2016

Outstanding Scala Course!

By Marcin D

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Jul 6, 2020

Great course, thank you!

By Ankit J

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Apr 17, 2019

This is very nice course

By Michael O

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Nov 22, 2017

Difficult and worth it!!

By Michael S

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Jan 8, 2017

Mindkracking and awesome

By Michael S

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Jun 4, 2017

nice introduction to fp

By John V M

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Feb 15, 2017

Excellent presentation.

By Mauro G

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Oct 23, 2016

Better then scala 40...

By Songxiao Z

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Dec 23, 2020

very detailed homework

By Anmol G

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Mar 29, 2020

Very helpful approach.

By Abel-Edouard E

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Aug 16, 2019

Great course overall !

By Andres H

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Dec 26, 2018

It was a GREAT course!

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By Bikram

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May 15, 2017

best lecture on Scala.