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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 ankit v

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Oct 8, 2017

AMAZING COURSE WITH EXAMPLES AND VERY INTERACTIVE

By Ana R C T

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Jan 27, 2017

Very complete. I'm surely taking the next course!

By Artem G

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Jan 11, 2020

Very good course, strong programming assignments

By Zhitao Z

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Mar 23, 2019

good course about functional programing in scala

By Pratik S

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Aug 23, 2017

Wonderful introduction to functional programming

By Jón G E

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Jul 9, 2017

Very good introduction to Scala's main features.

By Zdeněk H

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May 4, 2017

Nice although not so easy introduction to Scala.

By Trenton M

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Jun 27, 2016

Excellent introduction from the creator himself.

By Arnav A J

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Nov 27, 2020

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is course made me love functional programming

By Daniel A

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Jul 31, 2020

Excelent course! exactly what i was looking for

By Andrei S

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Jul 12, 2019

Very deep knowledge about Scala! Big Thank you!

By JIm M

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Feb 3, 2019

This was an excellent course - I learned a lot!

By Mohamed A

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Jul 1, 2018

Great Course, a Big thanks to M. Martin ODERSKY

By Itamar K

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Jun 14, 2017

Very good course. Great teacher and Great Tests

By Mahmoud D

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Apr 22, 2017

Very good and useful with excellent assignments

By Stefan R

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Mar 20, 2017

Very challenge and mindset to functional/OO way

By Jauhar B

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Sep 30, 2016

Changed the way I thought about program design.

By Nikhil K

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Aug 20, 2021

The best introductory Scala course out there!

By Ilya K

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Jan 12, 2021

Tasks were really challenging and interesting!

By Mohammad R K

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Aug 25, 2019

It's really engaged me by algorithmic problmes

By Hans P H

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Jun 28, 2019

Great assignments that was challenging enough.

By Mikhail B

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Jul 18, 2016

Interesting assignments with challenging tasks

By sumit j

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Jul 9, 2020

Highly informative course and good exercises!

By Stefan N

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Apr 9, 2020

Good Introductory to the functional paradigm.

By Rumeshkrishnan M

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Dec 30, 2018

I am very happy part of learning this course.