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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

AJ

Sep 23, 2019

As expected Martin is awesome in explaining principle of functional programming. I have started reading the book as well to make sure I keep up with the knowledge which I have gained from this course.

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 John M

Feb 7, 2017

Scala from the source! Great way to get a great introduction to the language and how it is best applied to problems

By SAMAUN I F

Oct 16, 2016

This course really helped me to understand the basics of SCALA. I really enjoyed the challenges of this course.

By Alexandros T

Jul 22, 2021

Overall it was a nice course, but I believe sometimes it would progress a little faster than I would expect.

By Jonas N

Jan 31, 2023

Awesome course, but would be better with videos about the assignment solutions (e.g. after the submission).

By Salvatore P

Sep 6, 2021

some requirements during the assignments are quite hard to understand, but for the rest is a great course.

By Salvatore V

Dec 18, 2020

Great course, I have learned quite a lot. Perhaps not the best course if you are new to both FP and Scala.

By Denilson A C

Sep 22, 2017

I liked this course, have been a great experience..

I would like that the Sound of Videos could be improved

By Rajiv T S

Jul 27, 2017

The course was a little more involved than I expected, but nevertheless worth the time you invest in it.

By ravi c

Jul 1, 2017

Need a bit more active participation in discussion forum. Other than that very well articulated course.

By Carlos G

Apr 23, 2017

This course is very good, but subject sequence, presentation design and user interaction could improve.

By Edward P

Feb 1, 2017

I took more than 12 hours to finish the assignment for week 4. The estimate (3h) is likely to be wrong.

By Mykyta M

Feb 3, 2021

The source provides with great theory, but practice assignments sometimes get way too complicated.

By Arnoud H

Jun 2, 2019

Bit chaotic at the start. Later some nice functional programming paradigms and scala internals.

By Kelvin G

Jan 2, 2019

Not very (functional programming) beginner friendly, but absolutely worth the pain and effort!!

By Michał P

Jun 13, 2017

A bit dry at times but overall a comprehensive introduction to functional programming in Scala.

By Marco v S

Aug 7, 2016

Covers fundamental theory well and examples and exercises are chosen well to make it practical.

By Alessandro M

May 28, 2020

Course is very good and is explaining very well how to start Functional Programming in Scala.

By Michele L

Jun 19, 2018

great course but missing the possibility to download the code of the exercises in the videos

By Pooshan V

Oct 19, 2018

Need more practice walk through exercise. Need more example and steps. Overall really good.

By Wolfgang M

Mar 31, 2018

Very good introduction to Scala. Elegant programming shown by Mr. Odersky was fun to watch!

By Vilmos Á

Oct 21, 2016

I really enjoyed completing challenges, but videos were a bit too theoretical for my taste.

By Kevin T

Jun 30, 2016

Assignments up until the last one were relatively easy, which is the only criticism I have.

By Obada A

Oct 1, 2016

the only problem here is the assigments, they are hard and unrelated somehow to the videos

By Edgar T

May 2, 2020

Great introductory course for those starting a journey in Functional Programming or Scala

By Hardik S

Oct 22, 2018

Challenging course if you are joining without any past formal education on CS concepts