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About the Course

In this course you will learn how to apply the functional programming style in the design of larger Scala applications. You'll get to know important new functional programming concepts, from lazy evaluation to structuring your libraries using monads. We'll work on larger and more involved examples, from state space exploration to random testing to discrete circuit simulators. You’ll also learn some best practices on how to write good Scala code in the real world. Finally, you will learn how to leverage the ability of the compiler to infer values from types. Several parts of this course deal with the question how functional programming interacts with mutable state. We will explore the consequences of combining functions and state. We will also look at purely functional alternatives to mutable state, using infinite data structures or functional reactive programming. Recommended background: You should have at least one year 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 familiarity with using the command line. This course is intended to be taken after Functional Programming Principles in Scala: https://www.coursera.org/learn/progfun1....

Top reviews

JS

May 7, 2021

I got even more functional programming knowledge effectively. I also got an Excel or more like Google Sheet core in source code with the Week 5 programming task.

AL

Sep 2, 2021

This course is quite difficult to me, especially the last section. I have to re-watch it so many time to fully understand. At the end of the day, it is worth the effort.

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By cai x

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Feb 1, 2017

The assignment is pretty hard actually. Thought the concept is relatively easy to understand.

By Yannick S

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Oct 9, 2016

really good lessions, clean and well structured - but you need intermediate++ level to enjoy!

By Seleznev A

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Jun 15, 2020

Quite complicated but helpful the part of specialization. There are lots of confused tasks.

By Łukasz W

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Dec 13, 2016

Very clear lectures. Interesting and demanding programming tasks. I recommend this course.

By Andrew L

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Aug 11, 2016

Assignments are really well designed and constructed. Definitely tests your understanding.

By Litkovetc A A

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Oct 7, 2017

Your courses very amazing and useful!

Thank you, Martin!

With regards, Aleksei Litkovetc

By Xiongchu W

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Nov 30, 2016

Pretty good course, teach us things on Functional Reactive Programming and Futures model

By Basil M

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Jul 25, 2016

Fantastic, interesting and challenging. Learning from the best! Thanks, Martin and team.

By Prashanth A

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May 4, 2018

Good overview of a number of functional concepts .- streams, futures, FRP to name some

By Chet W

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Jan 29, 2018

Great class especially liked the lego analogy to explain fold vs reduce vs aggregate.

By Pascal U E

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Nov 12, 2017

If you are able to pass this course, you are very strong :-) Great course well taught

By Abhishek C

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May 16, 2017

Good Course material ... pretty good examples shown in lectures + nice assignments :)

By Jacek N

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Jan 9, 2017

It's a nice course with great excercises included. I'm excited to join the next part!

By chris a

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Oct 27, 2016

Great scala course, i like to fun problems to solve and the elegant solution to them.

By Tycho N

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Jul 19, 2019

One of the very top courses on Coursera. Prof. Martin Odersky, is truly incredible !

By Gil V

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Aug 13, 2016

Good course. Both parts were interesting but I enjoyed more Odersky's than Meijer's.

By Ryan S

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Jun 25, 2017

Great course! Really learned a lot about different programming techniques in scala!

By Arslan S

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Sep 5, 2016

This is one of the best courses I have taken on functional programming using Scala.

By Roman E

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Jul 24, 2016

Nice course, but I would like to learn more examples of FRP usage in real projects.

By Cheng H

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May 20, 2020

Without this course, I can never go so deep in programming! Learned a lot! Thanks!

By 李帅

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Apr 2, 2019

I want learn more about Scala. I find Someting interesting. Thank you, Mr Odersky.

By Walter Z

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Oct 29, 2016

Great course!

Very thorough presentation of functional programming design patterns.

By Agustin G

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Oct 6, 2018

Thank you Martin Odersky and his team for this great language and set of courses!

By Jose B C T

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Sep 25, 2016

It's great, you learn a lot. Easy concept you can apply in in your everyday work.

By Alaa A

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Mar 26, 2018

great course for learning scala! I am applying this knowledge directly to my job