Functional Programming In Scala
Summary Functional Programming in Scala is a serious tutorial for programmers looking to learn FP and apply it to the everyday business of coding. The book guides readers from basic techniques to advanced topics in a logical, concise, and clear progression. In it, you'll find concrete examples and exercises that open up the world of functional programming. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. About the Technology Functional programming (FP) is a style of software development emphasizing functions that don't depend on program state. Functional code is easier to test and reuse, simpler to parallelize, and less prone to bugs than other code. Scala is an emerging JVM language that offers strong support for FP. Its familiar syntax and transparent interoperability with Java make Scala a great place to start learning FP. About the Book Functional Programming in Scala is a serious tutorial for programmers looking to learn FP and apply it to their everyday work. The book guides readers from basic techniques to advanced topics in a logical, concise, and clear progression. In it, you'll find concrete examples and exercises that open up the world of functional programming. This book assumes no prior experience with functional programming. Some prior exposure to Scala or Java is helpful.
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- he and I share the same favorite programming book and until now I didn't know anyone else in this boat:
Functional Programming in Scala
- "Functional Programming in Scala" aka "Red Book of Scala" is a the one that IMO teaches to think the same way as SICP, while using a typed language. The books stand next to each other on my bookshelf, definitely worth reading.
- My favorite approach is from Functional Programming in Scala, which doesn't mention monads until chapter 11. But it has you implement a bunch of collections with `map`, `map2`, `unit`, and `flatMap`, and exercises that repeatedly show how useful this interface is. So by the time you get to it, the definition of Monad feels obvious, as well as Functors & Applicatives.
- Many more beyond this but these are my for sures.
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- > writers of the legendary "red book".
If you mean the manning book "Functional Programming in Scala", I don't even use Scala, yet I feel I got so much out of that book. It's the best functional programming book I've read.
It would recommend the book to anyone that wants to learn FP, regardless if you will be using Scala.
- I do indeed. The "red book" aka Functional Programming in Scala I wouldn't recommend to a beginner. It teaches FP at a fairly deep level to the extent of implementing the abstractions yourself. Take a look at that later perhaps. Don't get me wrong, it is utterly brilliant but it wouldn't be the place to start.
I would recommend Essential Scala for the basics. Scala with Cats if you're going to be working with the Typelevel stack (a popular set of FP libraries). Lots of other resources but those two alone will take you far.
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