And while there’s no shortage of freely available tutorials on Scala, I found Venkat’s writing as well as his examples much more approachable and practical to everyday issues (as opposed to ...

I have found it both interesting and rewarding to learn a new programming language or major framework on a roughly yearly basis. If forced to self-identify with any single programming language, it ...

For more, take a look at Programming in Scala by the language’s designer, Martin Odersky. See ED Online 18173 at www.electronicdesign.com for my review of the book.