Session: Fast Track to Scala

monday, - all day
Track: Java

This two-day course, designed by Martin Odersky, the creator of the Scala programming language, and Heiko Seeberger, a recognized Scala expert, will give you an excellent grounding in Scala.It is intended to enable developers or development managers, who are experienced programmers in Java or other production languages like C++, C# or Ruby, to confidently start programming in Scala. No previous knowledge of Scala is assumed.

Prerequisites

Experience in Java or another OO language is of advantage, but not a prerequisite.

Expectations

- be a competent user of Scala in application code- be able to apply the functional programming style in Scala- know how to use fundamental Scala tools- be confident to use Scala in production apps

Heiko Seeberger

Heiko Seeberger is the Director Professional Services at Typesafe. He has been a Scala enthusiast ever since he came to know this beautiful language in 2008. He has more than ten years of professional expertise in consulting and software development on the Java platform, actively contributes to Scala community projects and regularly shares his expertise in articles and talks.

Heiko Seeberger