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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.

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 Krunal V

Dec 31, 2019

The course is very well designed and the assignments challenge you to go back to the content and understand concepts in and out.

By Jennya P D

Dec 3, 2019

It is a nice introduction to the specifics of the Scala Language. I did my exercise with pleasure and passion. Thank you Martin!

By Paul B

Dec 21, 2017

Very nice introduction to functional programming in Scala. Really enjoyed the course and liked the pace of materials presented.

By Jake R

Jun 10, 2017

Great introduction to Scala and some more advanced programming/compsci concepts I don't think many other courses would go into.

By Sergiy S

Jan 2, 2017

Good to get the basics directly from the creator of the language.

Enjoyed the course despite I was told many times it's boring.

By Rovshan H

Sep 26, 2016

Excellent introduction to Scala and functional programming overall. I love the algorithmic and mathematical approach of Martin.

By Dénes F L

Oct 13, 2019

Great intro course not only for Scala but for the functional programming paradigm. Exercises help a lot to learn the concepts.

By Rohan V

Jun 19, 2018

Great course but need improvement in terms of assignment, assignment must be more descriptive on how to implement the methods.

By Sakis K

Aug 18, 2017

Very nice course, anyone interested in the principles of functional programming (and Scala specifically of course) can benefit

By Andrei C

Jul 18, 2016

Great way to start learning functional programming. Lectures are very well explained and the assignments are fun to implement.

By Aghyad A

May 28, 2016

A great course, this is one of the best introductions to FUNctional programming I have come across!

Thanks a lot Prof. Odersky!

By Nicolás B

Oct 15, 2018

This is a fantastic course, teaching the very fundamentals of functional programming in Scala. Would definitely recommend it!

By Bilal K

Oct 13, 2017

An excellent course

The assignments were quite hard though. It's a big leap from c#, java style imperative way of programming.

By manoj p

Feb 28, 2017

Very good course to start. Though the programming assignments require some more reading and understanding on the fundamentals

By Lucia d E P

Jul 13, 2020

I learned a lot but the assignments were quite time consuming, for some of them it took me even more than 3h to get a 10/10

By MarcosBernal

Nov 19, 2018

Very interesting and somehow practical. I expected more exercises but in general, each part contains interesting challenges.

By Mira C

Sep 18, 2016

The assignments are so much fun and professor Odersky really explained all the concepts well! I also love the exercises too!

By Yancheng Z

Apr 27, 2020

Easily one of my favorite classes on coursera. Lectures are excellent and project assignments are certainly worth the time.

By Andreas M

Feb 24, 2018

This course has triggered my fascination for scala. The examples were well explained and worked out of the box. Great work!

By Rahul K

May 19, 2017

Nice course contains, Hope course material will update in near future with new feature added in Scala programming language.

By Juan P C S

Mar 11, 2017

really challenging, mostly if it's been a while you haven't coded a functional language and you haven't practiced recursion

By Jose L I R

Mar 4, 2017

Great course to dive very loud on Scala, I recommended that for you if you want to work with this great funtional language.

By hemant s

Jan 10, 2017

Very good course love the way Martin has gone about covering the building blocks of Scala along with basic data structures.

By Imran K

Nov 18, 2016

Its like learning to write code once again. Prof. Odersky is amazing. He is thorough, precise and a great joy to listen to.

By Sumit S

Oct 9, 2016

Professor Odersky explains concepts very well and methodically helps one to start thinking in functional programming terms.