Functional Programming in Scala

Table of Contents

Copyright

Brief Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

About this Book

1. Introduction to functional programming

Chapter 1. What is functional programming?

1.1. The benefits of FP: a simple example

1.1.1. A program with side effects

1.1.2. A functional solution: removing the side effects

1.2. Exactly what is a (pure) function?

1.3. Referential transparency, purity, and the substitution model

1.4. Summary

Chapter 2. Getting started with functional programming in Scala

2.1. Introducing Scala the language: an example

2.2. Running our program

2.3. Modules, objects, and namespaces

2.4. Higher-order functions: passing functions to functions

2.4.1. A short detour: writing loops functionally