Scala – Advanced

Enable experienced developers to leverage Scala 3's advanced type system, functional libraries, and reactive tool‑chain to build robust, performant applications.

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Audience: Developers, architects

Duration: Three days

Format: Lectures and hands‑on labs (50 % / 50 %)

Overview

This intermediate‑to‑advanced course helps experienced developers write efficient, 'Scala‑esque' functional software and master Scala 3 features.

Objective

Enable experienced developers to leverage Scala 3's advanced type system, functional libraries, and reactive tool‑chain to build robust, performant applications.

What You Will Learn

Scala 3 type system, polymorphism, recursion
Higher‑order collections & implicits / type classes
Property‑based testing
Effects & algebraic structures (Cats, Futures, Monads)
Akka Typed, Akka Streams, ZIO

Course Details

Audience: Developers, architects

Duration: Three days

Format: Lectures and hands‑on labs (50 % / 50 %)

Prerequisites:

Basic Scala knowledge or Java background; completion of Scala Intro course recommended

Setup: Local JDK 8+, Scala, IDE • Cloud zero‑install option

Detailed Outline

Language changes
Scala vs Java

Declarations, aliases, param types
Recursion, tail recursion

Defining functions
Higher‑order functions
Collections API

Implicit resolution
Context bounds
Type‑class pattern

Generators, TDD

Option/Either/Try/Future
Cats & Cats‑effects
Semigroup/Monoid/Foldable

State/Reader/Writer
Free monads

Actors, streams, testing