If you’re a programmer targeting the JVM, you’ll be familiar with Java and its collection types. In this course, Scala Collections, you’ll learn about Scala’s power and its collections that will help your next application. First, you’ll discover Scala lists and how to find elements in them. Next, you’ll explore collection types and how to choose which is right for you. Finally, you’ll learn how to transform elements and simplify complex computations. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the knowledge required to use Scala’s collections and some of the functional programming idioms that power them.
Author Name: Toby Weston
Author Description:
Toby is an independent software developer based in London, specializing in modern software development and agile practices. He’s a keen blogger and writer having written for Jaxenter and a book on modern testing titled Essential Acceptance Testing. A big supporter of open source software, Toby has contributed to several projects including JMock and created a popular concurrency library called tempus-fugit. Find him on Github.

Table of Contents

• Course Overview
  1min
• Creating and Using Scala’s Lists
  18mins
• Finding Elements in a List
  24mins
• Save Overheads with Tuples
  6mins
• Selecting the Right Collection Type
  16mins
• Converting between Java and Scala
  8mins
• Transforming Elements
  19mins
• Simplify Complex Computations with Monads
  23mins