LEARN SCALA: Functional and Object-Oriented Programming (Quick Learn Series Book 24)

"LEARN SCALA: Functional and Object-Oriented Programming" is a comprehensive guide covering everything from the essential fundamentals of the language to advanced and practical applications. It is ideal for students and professionals who wish to master one of the most powerful and versatile languages on the market. Combining functional and object-oriented paradigms, Scala offers a unique approach to developing scalable, robust, and high-performance applications.

You will begin by setting up your development environment with clear instructions on using tools such as IntelliJ IDEA and SBT (Scala Build Tool). Then, you will explore basic concepts such as data types, control flow, and functions, quickly advancing to more complex topics like pure functional programming, immutability, and collection manipulation.

The book also covers crucial aspects of object-oriented programming, including inheritance, polymorphism, encapsulation, and the use of traits and mixins. Move on to concurrency and parallelism techniques with Akka, file handling and asynchronous I/O, as well as advanced error handling with the Try, Success, and Failure classes.

You will learn how to build REST APIs using frameworks like Play Framework and Akka HTTP, develop complete web applications, integrate Java libraries, and even apply machine learning techniques with Spark MLlib. The book also covers building microservices, automated testing with ScalaTest and Specs2, and programming best practices to keep your code clean, efficient, and optimized.