ThisbookteachesyouhowtobuildandcontributetoScalaprograms,recognizingcommonpatternsandtechniquesusedwiththelanguage.You’lllearnhowtowriteconcise,functionalcodewithScala.Afteranintroductiontocoreconcepts,syntax,andwritingexampleapplicationswithscalac,you’lllearnabouttheScalaCollectionsAPIandhowthelanguagehandlestypesafetyviastatictypesout-of-the-box.You’llthenlearnaboutadvancedfunctionalprogrammingpatterns,andhowyoucanwriteyourownDomainSpecificLanguages(DSLs).Bytheendofthebook,you’llbeequippedwiththeskillsyouneedtosuccessfullybuildsmart,efficientapplicationsinScalathatcanbecompiledtotheJVM.