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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

Summary

This chapter never seemed like the last one; it was fun. After going through several Scala programming constructs and frameworks, you learned how to ensure the validity of our programs. We knew that testing the code we write is essential, but this new TDD style of programming was a different experience. We understood what TDD actually is—a design scheme driven by specifying the behaviors at the beginning, rather than after we complete our code. We talked about why this approach is good. Then, we started with the testing tools available in Scala, and learned about ScalaTest. We wrote the specifications and then coded for the same. Finally, we also took a look at the mocking framework available in Scala named ScalaMock.

Though this is the last chapter, we can think of what more we can do to  make our understanding of this language better. One of the best ways...

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