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Scala Programming Projects

Scala Programming Projects

By : Valot, Nicolas Jorand
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Scala Programming Projects

Scala Programming Projects

3.8 (5)
By: Valot, Nicolas Jorand

Overview of this book

Scala Programming Projects is a comprehensive project-based introduction for those who are new to Scala. Complete with step-by-step instructions and easy-to-follow tutorials that demonstrate best practices when building applications, this Scala book will have you building real-world projects in no time. Starting with the fundamentals of software development, you’ll begin with simple projects, such as developing a financial independence calculator, and then advance to more complex projects, such as a building a shopping application and a Bitcoin transaction analyzer. You’ll explore a variety of Scala features, including its OOP and FP capabilities, and learn how to write concise, reactive, and concurrent applications in a type-safe manner. You’ll also understand how to use libraries such as Akka and Play. Furthermore, you’ll be able to integrate your Scala apps with Kafka, Spark, and Zeppelin, along with deploying applications on a cloud platform. By the end of the book, you’ll have a firm foundation in Java programming that’ll enable you to solve a variety of real-world problems, and you’ll have built impressive projects to add to your professional portfolio.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)
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Preface
Preface
Who this book is for
What this book covers
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1
Writing Your First Program
Writing Your First Program
Setting up your environment
Using the basic features
Running the Scala Console
Using the Scala Console and Worksheet
Creating my first project
Summary
2
Developing a Retirement Calculator
Developing a Retirement Calculator
Project overview
Calculating the future capital
Calculating when you can retire
Using market rates
Packaging the application
Summary
3
Handling Errors
Handling Errors
Setup
Using exceptions
Ensuring referential transparency
Using Option
Using Either
Using ValidatedNel
Summary
Questions
Further reading
4
Advanced Features
Advanced Features
Project setup
Strictness and laziness
Covariance and contravariance
Currying and partially applied functions
Implicits
Summary
5
Type Classes
Type Classes
Understanding type classes
Common type classes
Summary
6
Online Shopping - Persistence
Online Shopping - Persistence
Creating the project
Persistence
Deploying the application
Heroku configuration
Summary
7
Online Shopping - REST API
Online Shopping - REST API
The REST API
Implementing the API with persistence
Swagger
Deploying on Heroku
Summary
8
Online Shopping - User Interface
Online Shopping - User Interface
Learning objectives
Setting up
Defining the layout
Creating the layout
Building the page
Main layout
Product list panel
Cart panel
Introducing the UI manager
Summary
9
Interactive Browser
Interactive Browser
Actors
Setting up
Implementing the server side
Implementing the client side
Summary
10
Fetching and Persisting Bitcoin Market Data
Fetching and Persisting Bitcoin Market Data
Setting up the project
Understanding Apache Spark
Implementing the transaction batch producer
Summary
11
Batch and Streaming Analytics
Batch and Streaming Analytics
Introduction to Zeppelin
Analyzing transactions with Zeppelin
Introducing Apache Kafka
Streaming transactions to Kafka
Introducing Spark Streaming
Analyzing streaming transactions with Zeppelin
Summary
12
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