Idiomatic Scala

M.C. Oscar Vargas Torres

@oscarvarto
Scala Developer and
(dys)functional programmer

Training objectives

• You have to study the very basics of Collection usage. This is a basic topic as a programmer/developer.
• You have to practice unless you already understand the basic concepts.

What skills will the trainee obtain?

• Proficiency with Scala collection usage
• Full understanding of for-comprehensions, and basic/fundamental methods like map, flatMap, in Collections.

Skills (cont.)

• Basic understanding of Scala immutable collections: sequences (e.g. Lists), Maps, Sets.
• Full understanding of Option[T], Either[+E, +A] and how to use those in for comprehensions.
• Navigation and exploration of Scala API using both Scaladoc and development environment.

Agenda

• Immutable Collections
• Scaladoc/ navigation with IDE
• Reading type signatures of important methods
• Practice with different collections
• Pattern matching use cases