Scala Puzzlers: The Fun Path to Deeper Understanding
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Scala Puzzlers: The Fun Path to Deeper Understanding by Andrew Phillips
There are few things more important than code we think we understand but that behaves contrary to our expectations. This book is an entertaining & instructive way of understanding this language better. It will help you recognize many counter-intuitive traps & pitfalls & prevent them from inflicting production bug hunt stress on Scala developers.
Andrew Phillips Specializing in concurrency and high-performance applications, Andrew developed large-scale systems while working for a succession of multinationals. A long-standing open-source developer and community member, he worked on Multiverse, the STM implementation originally used in Akka; contributes to Apache jclouds, the leading Java cloud library; and co-maintains the Scala Puzzlers website, http://scalapuzzlers.com. He regularly writes for developer sites and speaks at conferences and meetups. Andrew studied Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics at the University of Edinburgh and maintains a keen interest in machine learning, quantum computation, and computational neuroscience. Nermin Serifovic Nermin Serifovic has more than 10 years of experience building enterprise software applications using Java technologies. For most of his career, he has focused on architecting, designing, and developing backend platforms. Nermin has been a Scala enthusiast since 2009 and practicing it professionally since 2011. He has given talks at various conferences, including JavaOne, Scala Days, and Northeast Scala Symposium, as well as at local Scala and Java user groups. Nermin is also an active Scala community member. He is an organizer of the Boston Area Scala Enthusiasts user group and was part of the Northeast Scala Symposium founding team. Further, he is a co-creator of the Scala Puzzlers website. Nermin holds an M.Eng in Computer Science from Cornell University and his areas of interest include distributed systems along with concurrent, reactive, and functional programming.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780981531670 |
| ISBN 10 | 0981531679 |
| Title | Scala Puzzlers: The Fun Path to Deeper Understanding |
| Author | Andrew Phillips |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Artima Inc |
| Year published | 2014-12-15 |
| Number of pages | 264 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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