Learn To Build Scala Apps From Scratch (Udemy.com)

JVM Languages section needs to be improved. This section should contains more details about functional programming capabilities of different languages. Also ,"Scala Success Stories" should be part of later section of course since user has just start learning Scala and he finds difficulty to understand these parts.

I can't recommend this course, the presentational is terrible with the lecturer breaking up sentences and phrases at random. This makes it very hard to listen to, and combine that with some really sketchy pronunciation (asynChronEously, anyone) it really puts me off. Worst of all, the introduction section has jumped from a tiny bit of Scala syntax to looking into domain models in Play. Shouldn't we learn Scala first?

Although this course does cover some of what I wanted it feels like it explains the very basic then jumps to the advanced then back again without ever really covering the middle (I was suprised that the play framework was in this course at all, let alone before passing a function as an argument). I also feel like sometimes weird things are presented without being mentioned. For example in the consumer and producer example the println method stops printing to the console and starts printing to (what i assume is) the output stream, which is... wierd, why does it do that, what made it do that and how would I know it was about to happen. I would have wanted that mentioned. The com.example._ import style is also used a lot. I don't know if that's idiomatically scala but it makes the examples really hard to follow, you have these variables (not just functions which is bad enough) cropping up in the code and no idea where they come from. The equivalent static imports in java are basically never used, for good reason

Didn't like the course, poorly explained and the author didn't start explaining what is traint, what the difference between val and var and a long list of thing. It's a course for people with no previous background in functional programing

The teaccher knows very well of all related to real cases in Scala development, but I expected a more "formal" course, starting with the pure language then going to the details and the environment / ecosystem. Maybe this could be 2 courses: 1 pure scala andd another oof how to apply it in real world cases.

The content and structure of this course is good so far. The course covers highly relevant information to work with Scala as productive as possible. I did not only learn Scala in this course. The topics are closely related to the use of Scala in practice. The sound quality needs improvement.

When I started learning about Scala, I thought it was one of the most difficult programming languages out there. So many different functions, classes and methods to remember. However, this course was perfect for me. It broke down the programming language into simpler mini lessons that were easy to grasp and understand. The instructor is great, but I wish the video was a little peppier as it felt a little monotonous. Other than that, I would definitely recommend this course for anyone who wants to learn Scala. Great job guys!

There is a lot of value here, but you definitely will not "Learn to build Scala Apps From Scratch." As a Scala 101 class, I'm happy with this purchase. The teacher is credible, and does a good job making the case for the adoption of the Scala language, gives a brief overview of the intricacies of Concurrent programming, and shows some of the critical syntax differences between Java and Scala. He also shows you how to get your IDE configured to begin writing Scala code, and he also gives you an introduction to Gradle. Despite this, you do very little actual programming in this course, it's all lecture.

I was glad I had already taken other Scala courses before taking this one. I don't think I would have been able to follow the content without some base knowledge of Scala. Very good examples on how to build a modular application using Gradle! This course is a good reference for future projects but I would not take it if I wanted to learn Scala. Also, the volume in all lectures was very low and I could barely hear while seating in a cafe with ambient noise.

it helps if you had previously took some scala courses / books. Because scala is vast in terms of set up / hitting the ground / understanding the fundamentals behind the language design etc. its easy to get lost and give up. this course will take you direct to the point, but you may not understand the details. a quick googling around those items you do not understand will complement this course.