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Learning Scala Programming

You're reading from  Learning Scala Programming

Product type Book
Published in Jan 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788392822
Pages 426 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Vikash Sharma Vikash Sharma
Profile icon Vikash Sharma

Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Title Page
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
1. Getting Started with Scala Programming 2. Building Blocks of Scala 3. Shaping our Scala Program 4. Giving Meaning to Programs with Functions 5. Getting Familiar with Scala Collections 6. Object-Oriented Scala Basics 7. Next Steps in Object-Oriented Scala 8. More on Functions 9. Using Powerful Functional Constructs 10. Advanced Functional Programming 11. Working with Implicits and Exceptions 12. Introduction to Akka 13. Concurrent Programming in Scala 14. Programming with Reactive Extensions 15. Testing in Scala 1. Other Books You May Enjoy Index

Chapter 3. Shaping our Scala Program

"I conclude that there are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult."

- C. A. R. Hoare

A program is a solution specific to a problem. The solution we write is broken down to different tasks. Tasks can be specific to a step or a part of the solution. While coding for such tasks, we use constructs as tools to make them easier, readable, and performant. These tools make it possible to shape up your program at hand.

To code for a task that is repetitive requires either a construct that can repeat a given logic for you, or write the same snippet of code by hand again and again. I bet the first one is far better and that's why we have a few constructs, we call them looping constructs. Scala supports for, while, and do while loops. We'll see how these loops work...

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