How to Learn Scala

• [[how to]] [[learn]] [[scala]]
  • [[by]] [[s5bug]]
  • [[quote]] first, learn scala itself:
    • getting started: https://docs.scala-lang.org/getting-started/index.html pull
    • tour of scala: https://docs.scala-lang.org/tour/tour-of-scala.html pull
    • scala book: https://docs.scala-lang.org/overviews/scala-book/introduction.html pull
    • essential scala https://underscore.io/books/essential-scala
    • programming in scala (4th ed.) by martin odersky
    • online tutorial: https://www.scala-exercises.org/scala_tutorial/terms_and_types
    • stdlib exercises: https://www.scala-exercises.org/std_lib/asserts
  • [[quote]] then learn fp:
    • functional programming in scala (2014) by chiusano and bjarnason
      • scala with cats https://scalawithcats.com/
      • herding cats: http://eed3si9n.com/herding-cats
      • exercises: https://www.scala-exercises.org/cats/semigroup
  • [[quote]] further resources:
    • cats website: https://typelevel.org/cats
    • cats-effect website: https://typelevel.org/cats-effect (IO monad for scala)
    • fs2 streaming (for streaming + control flow): https://fs2.co/
    • http4s for http-ing: https://http4s.org/
    • category theory for programmers: https://github.com/hmemcpy/milewski-ctfp-pdf