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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 Stefan B

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Jan 22, 2017

:) Very comprehensible

By Bo S

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Jan 12, 2017

Excellent introduction

By Aditya D

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Aug 28, 2016

Amazing Intro to Scala

By Radovan M

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Aug 15, 2016

Directly from creator!

By KHALIL H

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Apr 23, 2020

Great work Mr Martin.

By WOO H B

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Dec 25, 2019

Awesome introduction!

By Andrei L N

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Oct 5, 2019

Extraordinary course.

By 陳宇恆

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Dec 24, 2018

Scala is hard but fun

By Ilya G

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May 23, 2017

A very decent course!

By Андрей Я

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Jan 21, 2017

Best course by Scala!

By Phani R

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Jul 6, 2016

the way it should be.

By Sanjeev R

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Aug 11, 2019

Deep dive into scala

By GRINE B

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Jan 25, 2019

Tres bonne formation

By Jeanny S R

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Mar 14, 2018

I love this course!!

By August W

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Apr 4, 2017

课程内容和课程作业让我重新梳理了数据结构

By Andrzej G

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Feb 25, 2017

Mr Odersky is great!

By Anqi D

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Oct 10, 2016

very good instructor

By 杨嘉

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Aug 7, 2016

Strongly recommended

By Youssef T

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Aug 3, 2019

Very helpful course

By Michael H

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Feb 23, 2017

A very good course.

By Peter Z

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Jan 30, 2017

Diffcult but funny.

By Maksim Y

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Jan 16, 2017

Great introduction!

By Elmak

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Dec 24, 2016

Great job Martin ;)

By Michael Z

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Nov 15, 2016

Simply brilliant :)

By Oleinichenko D

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Aug 9, 2022

It was difficult:)