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Scala Design Patterns - Second Edition

By : Ivan Nikolov
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Scala Design Patterns - Second Edition

By: Ivan Nikolov

Overview of this book

Design patterns make developers’ lives easier by helping them write great software that is easy to maintain, runs efficiently, and is valuable to the company or people concerned. You’ll learn about the various features of Scala and will be able to apply well-known, industry-proven design patterns in your work. The book starts off by focusing on some of the most interesting and latest features of Scala while using practical real-world examples. We will be learning about IDE’s and Aspect Oriented Programming. We will be looking into different components in Scala. We will also cover the popular "Gang of Four" design patterns and show you how to incorporate functional patterns effectively. The book ends with a practical example that demonstrates how the presented material can be combined in real-life applications. You’ll learn the necessary concepts to build enterprise-grade applications. By the end of this book, you’ll have enough knowledge and understanding to quickly assess problems and come up with elegant solutions.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)

Components in Scala

Components are parts of an application that are meant to be combined with other parts of the application. They should be reusable in order to achieve less code duplication. Components typically have interfaces, which describe the services they provide and a number of services or other components they depend on.

In large applications, we usually see multiple components that are integrated to work together. Describing the services that a component provides is usually straightforward, and it is done with the help of interfaces. Integrating other components, however, could sometimes require a developer to do extra work. This is usually done by passing the interface of the requirement as a parameter. However, imagine a large application in which we might have a lot of requirements; wiring things up could take time and effort. Moreover, every time a new requirement...