ML libraries in Scala

Although Scala is a relatively new programming language compared to Java and Python, the question will arise as to why we need to consider learning it while we have Python and R. Well, Python and R are two leading programming languages for rapid prototyping and data analytics including building, exploring, and manipulating powerful models.

But Scala is becoming the key language too in the development of functional products, which are well suited for big data analytics. Big data applications often require stability, flexibility, high speed, scalability, and concurrency. All of these requirements can be fulfilled with Scala because Scala is not only a general-purpose language but also a powerful choice for data science (for example, Spark MLlib/ML). I've been using Scala for the last couple of years and I found that more and more Scala ML libraries are in development. Up next, we will discuss available and widely used Scala libraries that can be used for developing ML applications.