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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

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!

RS

Oct 8, 2016

Really good explanation by the instructor. Good assignments. The assignments gave a good insights into functional programming. I loved the way the problems were decomposed into neat smaller functions.

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By Моисеев К А

Apr 27, 2017

Like the course very mach. Really meaningfull not only as scala informational resource but also provides with knowledge of interesting mathematical aspects

By Kuntal G

Apr 9, 2017

Clear Concise and Well explained course by creator of Scala Language Martin Odersky. Awesome course for anyone learning functional programming using Scala.

By Pawel R

Dec 4, 2016

Exciting and well prepared introductory course for everyone who tried a bit of Scala and functional programming now is willing to take it to another level.

By Jorge E M O

Jan 25, 2019

A challenging course of the highest quality. Martin Odersky does his best at sharing key insights about the way Scala works and how to think functionally.

By Mario A

Apr 25, 2017

Mr Odersky attitude is very "Swiss" –pragmatic but extremely rigorous. I had no previous knowledge, and can now play with Scala in a satisfactory way...

By Nader G

Jun 23, 2016

Excellent course for any programmer at any level! Start your journey to the awesome and powerful world of functional programming by passing this course.

By Bellhops

Nov 25, 2018

The structure of the scala projects could be updated but that aside this is a wonderful introduction to functional programming and the language itself.

By Antonio S

Feb 22, 2017

Very good course which gave me a lot of theoretical and practicals knowledge about scala and functional programming. Thank you so much for this course.

By Michele G

Nov 28, 2021

Great intro to the basics of functional programming and the Scala programming language. Like te style of the lectures and very instructive exercises.

By Sayandip S

Apr 10, 2017

A very good introduction to functional programming. Challenging and mild at the same time. Good content, worthy assignments and an awesome instructor.

By Guillaume H

Dec 17, 2020

A course well structured, with challenging problems. Figuring out the problems allow to gain confidence in the in and outs of functional programming.

By Georgreen

Jun 22, 2019

Good stuff. Challenging, informative and learn from first priciples. The professor is rather experienced he knows his stuff. I recommend, try it out.

By Chris T

Sep 18, 2016

Great tour of functional programming features. Only slight improvement I would suggest is to give some more practice making functions tail-recursive.

By Vivek G

Aug 8, 2016

Very informative and challenging assignments. Well organized lectures and moderate pace. Kudos to the entire team for organizing this course. Thanks.

By Rich Y

May 15, 2018

Great course,it's useful for me to review functional programming, and give me a fundation to learn spark and go far. Thanks for professor's efforts!

By Julien G

Jan 16, 2017

Excellente introduction à Scala, Martin est très pédagogue dans ses vidéos. Qui de mieux que le créateur du langage lui-même pour vous l'apprendre ?

By Daniel S

Feb 25, 2019

Very good training for base functional programming princicples

in Scala. Many interesting examples and exercises provided by Martin in good pace.

By Navid Q

Nov 4, 2016

I found this course very helpful to gain deeper understanding of Functional Programming Principles as well as getting familiar with Scala language.

By Dmytro P

Dec 20, 2016

Thanks, awesome course. I will do the course again to make sure I understand everything correctly. There were few moments really difficult for me.

By Patrick L

Aug 28, 2016

Nice to hear teacher, passionate about the language he invented, and (a bit surprisingly, due to the complexity of the subject) easy to understand

By Valerio B

Mar 25, 2017

This course not only teached me functional programming principles, but also helped me a lot in learning how to write concise, readable and elegan

By murmelssonic

May 29, 2016

Excellent course. It's good to already know how to program in some C-like language before you start, as the exercises are reasonably challenging.

By Miguel R

Jan 30, 2021

Great introduction to Scala language and FP concepts. Examples and problem sets are detailed and related well to material from lectures. Thanks!

By Khánh Đ (

Aug 16, 2020

This course is awesome. It got me addicted to scala language. I actually solved a real problem of my company using the idea of week 6's exercise

By Aria A

May 26, 2018

One of the greatest course I've ever taken! Martin Odersky's teaching is also very great and he gives great insight into new way of programming.