The preprint is out! (December 20, 2007)
On Wednesday of last week, an early access edition
of Programming in Scala
went
on sale. This book
is an effort by Martin
Odersky, myself, and Bill
Venners to introduce programmers to Scala. The full version should
go out in May 2008, but people who buy now can go ahead and download
preprints in PDF format.
Scala is a great language,
letting you program in both functional and object-oriented styles on
the Java VM. If you like the Java ecosystem, but you think Java could
be improved, then Scala will interest you.
Personally, I have had a wonderful time being involved with Scala.
The people are great, and it is exciting to help move advanced
programming language ideas into a mainstream-accessible language.
This book is our three's effort to share that joy with other
programmers.
Here is the book's summary:
Scala is an object-oriented programming language for the Java Virtual
Machine. In addition to being object-oriented, Scala is also a
functional language, and combines the best approaches to OO and
functional programming.
In Italian, Scala means a stairway, or steps—indeed,
Scala lets you step up to a programming environment that incorporates
some of the best recent thinking in programming language design while
also letting you use all your existing Java code.
Artima is very pleased to publish the first book on Scala, written by
the designer of the language, Martin Odersky. Co-authored by Lex Spoon
and Bill Venners this book takes a step-by-step tutorial approach to
teaching you Scala. Starting with the fundamental elements of the
language, Programming in Scala introduces functional programming from
the practitioner's perspective, and describes advanced language
features that can make you a better, more productive developer.
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