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Intermediate Level

At least one year of programming (in any language)

Approx. 56 hours to complete
English

What you will learn

  • Understand the principles of functional programming

  • Write purely functional programs, using recursion, pattern matching, and higher-order functions

  • Design immutable data structures

  • Combine functional programming with objects and classes

Skills you will gain

  • Scala Programming
  • Recursion
  • Functional Programming
  • Immutable Data Types
  • Higher-Order Function
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Intermediate Level

At least one year of programming (in any language)

Approx. 56 hours to complete
English

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

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Week1
Week 1
14 hours to complete

Getting Started + Functions & Evaluation

14 hours to complete
8 videos (Total 52 min), 7 readings, 10 quizzes
Week2
Week 2
10 hours to complete

Higher Order Functions

10 hours to complete
8 videos (Total 73 min)
Week3
Week 3
9 hours to complete

Data and Abstraction

9 hours to complete
6 videos (Total 58 min)
Week4
Week 4
10 hours to complete

Types and Pattern Matching

10 hours to complete
7 videos (Total 69 min)

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