Principles of Elegance
Offered By: Scala Days Conferences via YouTube
Course Description
Overview
Explore the intersection of Scala's syntactic versatility and robust type system in this 56-minute conference talk from Scala Days Berlin 2016. Delve into the "elegance zone" where expressive and safe API design becomes possible, using real-world examples from the Rapture library collection. Discover how Scala's features like implicits and type inference can be leveraged to create software with clearer code and stronger static guarantees. Learn to write elegant Scala code that pushes the boundaries of type safety while maintaining intuitive syntax, covering topics such as working with JSON, XML, HTML, CSV, time, internationalization, logging, and I/O. Gain insights into how Scala's unique capabilities can elevate it above other programming languages in terms of both clarity and safety.
Syllabus
Principles of Elegance by Jon Pretty
Taught by
Scala Days Conferences
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