num_pages: 384
description: Scala is a modern programming language for the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) that combines the best features of object-oriented and functional programming languages. Using Scala you can write programs more concisely than in Java as well as leverage the full power of concurrency. Since Scala runs on the JVM it can access any Java library and is interoperable with Java frameworks. Scala for the Impatient concisely shows developers what Scala can do and how to do it. In this book Cay Horstmann the principal author of the international best-selling Core Java offers a rapid code-based introduction thats completely practical. Horstmann introduces Scala concepts and techniques in blog-sized chunks that you can quickly master and apply. Hands-on activities guide you through well-defined stages of competency from basic to expert. Coverage includes Scala is rapidly reaching a tipping point that will reshape the experience of programming. This book will help object-oriented programmers build on their existing skills allowing them to immediately construct useful applications as they gradually master advanced programming techniques.
language: English
title: Scala for the Impatient
publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional