Adopting Scala: The Next Steps – Sofia Cole
Channel: Typelevel
Date: 30/04/2017

Six months into learning Scala, I summarised my experience and delivered a talk to help others going through the same process. This covered effective learning methods, an initial list of topics, and some tips so that others could be effective quickly whilst avoiding some common mistakes. Over a year later, I will reflect on those methods and their result, talk about how I extended my knowledge of functional programming, and explore how to introduce key concepts without feeling overwhelmed. My aim is to present the insights and challenges encountered when learning functional programming to make the experience as approachable as possible.

* Event * 

Typelevel Summit New York City, March 2017: http://typelevel.org/event/2017-03-summit-nyc/

* About Speaker *

Sofia Cole is a Scala Developer at ITV and associate at Underscore consulting. She is also a keen contributor to the Scala and tech communities, mostly focusing on making things more approachable and accessible. One of her goals in 2017 is to visit more schools introducing the wonders of programming, especially helping young girls realise their potential. Her favourite things at the moment are reading about dystopian futures, eating pancakes and watching House for the second time through.

* Licensing *

This recording is licensed under CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).