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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 Ankur S

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Jun 8, 2019

Great course for introduction to functional programming

By Ryan H

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Feb 22, 2019

Great course. A lot of interesting problems to work on.

By James E

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Feb 4, 2017

Good introduction into Scala and Functional Programming

By Jishnu N

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Dec 10, 2016

Great introduction to Functional programming and Scala.

By Roman E

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Jun 29, 2016

Perfect course for beginners in functional programming.

By Ricardo M

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Jun 23, 2016

It's a perfect course if you want to introduce to scala

By Mehrdad A N

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Mar 11, 2018

Great instructor. A concise course, like Scala itself.

By Samuel Z

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Jul 5, 2017

Excellent course for Scala and functional programming.

By Yair S

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Apr 15, 2017

Great course, very well explained and useful exercises

By Sungdon C

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Jan 31, 2017

Instruction from its father.. such a fabulous course!!

By Hristo G

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Dec 4, 2016

Excellent course! One of the best programming courses!

By Erdem S

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Oct 21, 2016

Thank you Mr Odersky for this language and this source

By Konstantin K

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Jul 24, 2016

excellent material, just the right amount of challenge

By João P L F D d S

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Jul 6, 2016

Nice introduction to Functional Programming and Scala.

By Sergii S

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Jan 9, 2023

Good introduction to Scala and functional programming

By Fernando L

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Jul 12, 2022

Very good material, superb exercises and presentation

By Atul G

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Dec 14, 2021

This course is very helpful for learning programming.

By King H

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Jun 18, 2020

Great, thanks professor Martin Odersky and Coursera .

By Przemysław K

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Apr 29, 2019

Very interesting course, really enjoyable experience.

By Mario F

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May 8, 2018

Great introduction of functional programming in Scala

By João F d F S

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Mar 21, 2018

Learn Scala with Martin Odersky, nothing more to say.

By Michael M

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Aug 16, 2017

Loved every moment of this course! Thank you so much!

By Aleksey K

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Jul 25, 2017

I have liked this course, very interesting and useful

By Jaehyeok C

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Nov 4, 2016

Excellent course ever. It's little hard but very fun.

By Andronik

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Jul 24, 2016

Nice introduction to functional programming in Scala.