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Building Applications with Scala

By : Diego Pacheco
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Building Applications with Scala

By: Diego Pacheco

Overview of this book

<p>Scala is known for incorporating both object-oriented and functional programming into a concise and extremely powerful package. However, creating an app in Scala can get a little tricky because of the complexity the language has. This book will help you dive straight into app development by creating a real, reactive, and functional application. We will provide you with practical examples and instructions using a hands-on approach that will give you a firm grounding in reactive functional principles.</p> <p>The book will take you through all the fundamentals of app development within Scala as you build an application piece by piece. We’ve made sure to incorporate everything you need from setting up to building reports and scaling architecture. This book also covers the most useful tools available in the Scala ecosystem, such as Slick, Play, and Akka, and a whole lot more. It will help you unlock the secrets of building your own up-to-date Scala application while maximizing performance and scalability.</p>
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Building Applications with Scala
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

About the Author

Diego Pacheco is an experienced software architect and DevOps practitioner with over 10 years of solid experience. He has led architecture teams using open source solutions such as Java, Scala, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Akka, Apache Cassandra, Redis, ActiveMQ, NetflixOSS Stack - Simian Army, RxJava, Karyon, Eureka, and Ribbon on cig customers in Brazil, London, Barcelona, India, and the USA. Diego has a passion for functional programming and is currently working as a software architect/agile coach with Scala, Akka, and NetflixOSS. During his free time, he enjoys gaming, blogging, and playing wicked tunes on his guitar. You can check out his blog at http://diego-pacheco.blogspot.in/.

Some of his core skills include the following:

  •  Architecture design and architecture coding for high scalable systems

  •  Distributed systems using SOA and microservices principles, tools, and techniques

  •  Performance tuning and DevOps engineering

  •  Functional programming and Scala

  •  Agile coaching and servant leadership for architecture teams

  •  Consultancy on development practices with XP/Kanban

More about him can be found at the following:

His recent lectures include Netflix (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4_rzsZd70o&feature=youtu.be), QCon (http://qconsp.com/sp2016/speaker/diego-pacheco), and Amazon (http://www.meetup.com/Sao-Paulo-Amazon-Web-Services-AWS-Meetup/events/229283010/).