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Scala Advanced, Part 3 - Functional Programming, Performance (Udemy.com)

Advanced Functional Programming, Macros, Parser-Combinators, Performance, Profiling, Optimizing

4.6

113 reviews

Created by: Dick Wall

Last updated March 2023

What you will learn

Advanced Functional Programming, Tail Calls, Trampolines, Functors, Monads, Applicative Functors, Different Monad Patterns
Macros, Scala Compiler Phases, Abstract Syntax Trees, Quasiquotes, When and how to use macros
Parser Combinators, External DSLs, Grammar Translation, Transformers, Parsing, Packrat Parsers
Performance Optimization, JVM Performance Tricks, Profiling, Visual VM

How it compares

Against the other 34 rated Udemy courses in Scala on CourseDuck:

Rating4.6 out of 5higher than 70% of them
Reviews113#27 of 35 by number of reviews
Length4.9 hoursshorter than 58% of them
Last updatedMarch 2023more recently than 58% of them

Course Description

The Escalate Software Scala Advanced course is intended for experienced Scala developers looking to improve their skills, particularly for library and API design and development. It covers topics needed to be effective in producing high quality, correct, powerful and flexible Scala libraries that are still easy to use by others.

This course assumes you have day-to-day Scala development skills equivalent to having taken the Scala Advanced course parts 1 and 2 from Escalate Software. If you have trouble understanding or following the concepts in this course because some of the concepts being presented are assuming something you are unfamiliar with, then we would recommend you check out the Applied courses as these will answer many of your questions.

Part 3 covers advanced functional programming concepts and patterns, use of Macros, how to write external DSLs with the parser-combinator library, and how to effectively optimize code by analyzing performance:

Functional Programming Building Blocks: ADTs, trampolines, recursion, functions
Functional Programming Patterns: Functors, Monads, Applicative Functors
Common Functional Patterns: IO, Reader, Writer, State, Free
Macros and Quasiquotes
External DSLs and Scala's Parser-Combinator Library
Profiling and Optimization
Code Performance Considerations

It is recommended that you complete Scala Advanced parts 1 and 2 before taking this part. While not strictly necessary, we may assume knowledge from parts 1 and 2 in some of the explanations that could be hard to follow unless you know the material.

This is the final part of the Advanced Scala course. We hope you enjoyed the course and that the material proves useful.

Expert Level

Time: 4.9h

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Instructor Details

Dick Wall

4.6 Rating
113 Reviews

Dick is a Scala Developer with over 15 years of Scala development experience, and more than a dozen years of Scala training experience. As well as consulting in Scala, Dick contributes to a number of open source Scala projects, libraries and tools, and is very active in the Scala developer community. He is also one of the Scalawags, a video podcast about the Scala language. He runs Escalate Software which provides Scala training services. Dick also won the inaugural Phil Bagwell Award for Service to the Scala Community, and managed the Scala Community Process in 2015 through 2016