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Scala at Light Speed (Udemy.com)

Learn the basics of Scala in the time it takes to watch a movie. A free course by Rock the JVM

4.7
359 reviews

Created by: Daniel Ciocîrlan

Last updated April 2022

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What you will learn

  • Scala fundamentals
  • Object-oriented principles in Scala
  • Functional programming principles in Scala
  • Managing threads
  • Foundations of implicits

How it compares

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

  • Rating4.7 out of 5higher than 82% of them
  • Reviews359#17 of 35 by number of reviews
  • Length2 hoursshorter than 88% of them
  • Last updatedApril 2022earlier than 55% of them

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Course Description

This free course by Rock the JVM gives you a fast-track overview of what the Scala language is capable of. Learn the foundations of Scala in the time it takes to watch a movie.

"I've been living under a rock, what's Scala again?"

Scala is an object oriented and functional language that compiles to JVM bytecode, which is the same format that Java uses. That means you can

  1. access all Java libraries and existing Java code

  2. run Scala on billions of devices which support a JVM

Scala is used by the top companies in the world, including Apple, Adobe, Twitter, Microsoft, Uber, and many, many more. They all use Scala for high-performance critical infrastructure, data analytics and microservices, among other things.

Learning Scala gives you

  • a new mental model about code

  • higher-paid jobs - Scala positions are some of the best paid in the industry

  • more productivity

  • a LOT more fun than "traditional" languages

In this course, we will learn the fundamentals of the Scala language - we will make some analogies to existing programming languages to understand how to write essential code, how to think and approach problems, how to deal with threads and how to use some "magical" structures in the language which you cannot find (almost) anywhere else.


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Instructor Details

Daniel Ciocîrlan

I'm a software engineer with a passion for teaching. Big fan of Scala and the JVM.

I have a Master's Degree in Computer Science and I wrote my Bachelor and Master theses on Quantum Computation. Before starting to learn programming, I won medals at international Physics competitions.

For 8+ years, I've taught a variety of Computer Science topics to 100000+ of students at various levels. I've held Hour of Code for 7 year-olds, I've taught university students who now work at Google and Facebook, I've held live trainings for software engineering teams at Adobe and Apple, and I'm now so excited to share what I know with a wider community online.

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4.7

359 ratings on Udemy

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By Nayan Sonawane on 3/23/2026

Excellent content, curated very precisely, covers everything needed in simmplified way. Very easy to adopt for scala learner .

By Ajay on 4/23/2025

Very precise and to the point. It could have been a bit more elaborative, but for a newbie, this is a good start.

By Fidel Castro on 7/29/2024

Really awesome man, I gained really more knowledge in this tutorial and I get a new skill and save this one in my inventory.Anyways Superb man object GGM extends App{ class Daniel{ def learn(love: Int) : Unit = println(s"Thx for this tuorial $love") } class GGM1 extends Daniel{ override def learn(love: Int): Unit = println(s"Thx for this tutorial and I love $love more times") } val ggm1 = new GGM1 ggm1.learn(999) //O/P: Thx for this tutorial and I love 999 more times }

By Renan Eduardo Machado Vieira on 6/23/2024

Some topics weren't so clear, but I believe that is what is expected for a 2-hour course. I strongly recommend it.

By Héctor Moreno de Mier on 3/30/2024

Un curso muy interesante aunque demasiado breve. Habrá que dar una oportunidad a los otros cursos de mayor duración en los que espero que se vean las cosas con mayor pausa y detalle.

By Volodymyr Komarov on 1/5/2024

Usually free courses are garbage, but this one is a hidden gem. It is worth every minute spent on it. Thank you!

By Avni̇ Gürel Gürdere on 4/23/2023

A very useful summary. I had finished the beginner course a while ago and had not yet started the advanced course. I found it very useful for remembering topics and gaining courage for the advanced course.

By Sergio MORALES on 2/22/2023

I think it is a great course to get a first dive into Scala. Nevertheless, I think it can be a bit less fast so concepts are tested every time a line of code is added so it's more visible and comprehensible.

By Bhagat Rawat on 1/2/2023

Great teacher with a plethora of knowledge. Must watch this free course if you are planning to switch to Scala language.

By Mantas on 4/10/2022

Great course, a bit intense but great when you're switching from other OO programming languages. I would have expected an exercise or two for the practice, but given that it's free, I have no complaints!

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  • Updated: icon April 2022
  • Level: Intermediate Intermediate
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