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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 Ariel P

Jul 23, 2017

Very good course going from OOP to Functional, the programming assignments were fun and challenging

By Sławomir W

Jun 7, 2017

Really great course. Good balance between theory and practice. Ingenious and demanding assignments.

By Tony A

Oct 12, 2016

Thank you for all ! interesting courses that gives me an interesting view of functional programming

By Alberto B

Jun 24, 2016

Excellent course, explains many important things about functional and object oriented programming .

By Pravina S M

Aug 6, 2018

Great course for Scala beginners in terms of lucid course contents and well organised assignments!

By Oleksandr M

May 30, 2017

Great course, good highlight of functional programming basics and interesting assignments as well.

By Javier S

Jan 26, 2017

Thank you Mr. Martin Odersky for this course and of course for this awesome Language and community

By cai x

Jan 8, 2017

Great Course on Scala. The instruction is clear and assignments are well designed and challenging.

By Jiacheng L

Nov 21, 2021

Fancy course from Mr Odersky ! It really brings me to a brand new world of functional programming

By Pedro R

Feb 22, 2019

Very well structured. Interesting and not too easy assignments. It was a pleasure to participate.

By Deshbandhu M

Jul 24, 2018

It's a great course.. I love this to complete this. very nice and satisfying experience with this

By Timo S

Oct 9, 2017

Very interesting course that is well lectured and, additionally, the assignments are lots of fun!

By Andrzej J

Apr 22, 2017

Great course. The exercises are more interesting than in previous edition.

Very good for beginners

By Sakib H

Aug 28, 2016

Great course with very interesting and mind-challenging tasks. Also a nice intro to Scala basics.

By Ankit

Dec 28, 2021

This is a CS level undergrad course taught extremely well with meaningful psets and autograding!

By Rajeswari

Aug 4, 2018

This course lecture is amazing. He taught really well. The assignments are challenging and good.

By Emil H

Jan 16, 2018

Challenging, and what isn't covered in the lectures is usually covered in the discussion forums.

By David P

Dec 20, 2016

Just a really awesome course for anyone looking for an introduction to functional programming...

By Pablo F M

Jul 16, 2016

Really well planned course. You will learn functional programming principles.. and thats a lot!

By Lluis T

Dec 27, 2023

The best Programming course I've ever done. Well guided, and it really deeps into the knowledge

By AOC

Jul 2, 2019

This course a must for a new programmer in Scala and experts that are new to Scala programming.

By Gal E

May 2, 2020

Very well explained, going deep into subjects and assignments are well designed to wrap it up.

By Малышев И И

Jan 15, 2019

It is very good course for understanding the main scala principles and functional programming.

By EZZERG A

Jul 21, 2017

Very good as an introduction to the language. The different concepts are very well explained.

By Trent O

Jul 1, 2017

Great course to learn Functional Programming basics & Scala! Martin Odersky is truly a genius!