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Learning Scala Programming

You're reading from   Learning Scala Programming Object-oriented programming meets functional reactive to create Scalable and Concurrent programs

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788392822
Length 426 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Vikash Sharma Vikash Sharma
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

1. Getting Started with Scala Programming FREE CHAPTER 2. Building Blocks of Scala 3. Shaping our Scala Program 4. Giving Meaning to Programs with Functions 5. Getting Familiar with Scala Collections 6. Object-Oriented Scala Basics 7. Next Steps in Object-Oriented Scala 8. More on Functions 9. Using Powerful Functional Constructs 10. Advanced Functional Programming 11. Working with Implicits and Exceptions 12. Introduction to Akka 13. Concurrent Programming in Scala 14. Programming with Reactive Extensions 15. Testing in Scala 16. Other Books You May Enjoy

ScalaTest

ScalaTest, as we mentioned, is famous for multiple styles provided to write specifications. Not just multiple styles, this kit also serves as a testing tool for Scala.js and even Java classes. ScalaTest covers most of the Scala ecosystem and allows you to choose different ways to write specifications based on the behavior of your functionality.

Setting up for testing

To use ScalaTest, let's go through some of the basic steps. We can create a fresh SBT project and add a dependency for ScalaTest via the build.sbt file or use Lightbend's tech hub to download a simple Scala project. Let's try out the second approach as it'll give us ScalaTest already added as a dependency in our build.sbt file...

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