Algebraic Data Types: Just my kinda Type by Ajay Viswanathan at #FnConf18

Functional programming is built around a foundation of well-defined Types, and when you throw in Typeclasses into the mix, you get the love-child that is Algebraic Data Types. In this talk I aim to explore the mathematical foundations of Type theory and how it can be used practically in Scala for wide variety of applications like Machine Learning (Apache Spark MLlib), API design (using Vertx), DSLs and the like.

I will also be introducing the scalacheck library for Property-based testing and how you can quickly validate your ADT domains.

The talk will further deep-dive into how you can utilize the amazing Cats library and Shapeless to build generic libraries around your ADTs, having Circe as a case-study.