Please note that this list of topics is based on our standard course offering, evolved from typical industry uses and trends. We'll work with you to tune this course and level of coverage to target the skills you need most. Topics, agenda and labs are subject to change, and may adjust during live delivery based on audience skill level, interests and participation.
Introduction to Scala
- Scala features and benefits
- Comparing Scala with Java and other OO languages
- Installing Scala and setting up the development environment
- Lab: Setting up Scala Environment & Exploring Basic Features; create a simple Scala project.
Object-Oriented Programming in Scala
- Classes and objects
- Traits, mixins, and inheritance
- Companion objects and factories
- Encapsulation and polymorphism
- Lab: Building a Simple OOP Application in Scala
Functional Programming Basics
- Pure functions and referential transparency
- Higher-order functions and currying
- Immutability and persistent data structures
- Pattern matching and recursion
- Lab: Implementing Functional Programming Concepts in Scala: Develop a small application that uses functional programming concepts such as higher-order functions and pattern matching.
Having Fun with Functional Data Structures
- Lists, sets, and maps in Scala
- Folding and reducing operations
- Stream processing and lazy evaluation
- For-comprehensions
- Lab: Create an application that uses Scala's functional data structures and common operations like map, filter, and reduce.
Building Web Applications in Functional Style
- Introduction to Play Framework
- Functional web routing and request handling
- JSON handling with Play-JSON
- Middleware and functional composition
- Lab: Developing a Functional Web Application with Play
Connecting to a Database
- Introduction to Slick library
- Database configuration and setup
- Querying and updating with Slick
- Transactions and error handling
- Lab: Integrating a Database with a Scala Application
Building Scalable and Extensible Components
- Modular architecture and design patterns
- Dependency injection with MacWire
- Type classes and type-level programming
- Implicit parameters and conversions
- Lab: Develop a modular and scalable Scala application using dependency injection, type classes, and other design patterns.
Concurrency Programming & Akka
- Introduction to Akka framework and Actor model
- Actor systems and message passing
- Futures and Promises
- Supervision and fault tolerance Lab: Create a concurrent application using the Akka framework, Actor model, and Scala's Futures and Promises.
Building Confidence with Testing
- Introduction to ScalaTest and ScalaCheck
- Unit testing and property-based testing
- Test-driven development in Scala
- Mocking and integration testing
- Lab: Write unit tests and property-based tests for a Scala application using ScalaTest and ScalaCheck.
Interoperability between Scala and Java
- Calling Java code from Scala
- Using Java libraries in Scala projects
- Converting Java collections to Scala collections
- Writing Scala code that can be called from Java
- Lab: Integrating Java and Scala in a Project
Using Generative AI and GPT Technologies in Scala Programming
- Overview of GPT and generative AI
- Integrating GPT with Scala applications
- Use cases and practical examples
- Lab: Implementing a GPT-Integrated Scala Application
