Scala for the Intrigued

Are you a Java developer who's curious about Scala? Well, then this talk is for you. We start with an overview of the language, consider some its key strengths, and (of course) take a look under the hood at some serious syntax and code!

Venkat Subramaniam, programmer and author, has experience working and teaching in a bunch of different languages (from C++ and Java to Ruby and Erlang). His passion for software development eventually guided him to Scala.

Why should we look at a language like Scala? Venkat explains simply, to an audience at SF Java, "because it's fun!"

[bipin_k]

This is really awesome! This is still relevant still after 11+ years since this content was published. Thank you! 🙏

[giannosfor]

Finally I video about scala where someone is actually writing code instead of display slides.

[dexteraparicio]

A very great teacher, presentor that combines humor and technicality to get his message through. One of the greatest speaker I have seen in youtube... same as those I see on TED Talks.

[javageek]

Can't wait to listen to him again next week in SF JavaOne2016. I migrated to Scala last year after 13 years in Java.

[SreeAn]

The way he is speaking, has got my attention all along, didn't have to repeat the video at all. Excellent video.

[AlexMcLintock]

One of the best technical presentations I have ever seen. Thanks!

[JayaprakashMudgal]

Cannot hold myself without commenting - Its a awesome tutorial for people who wish to learn Scala. Should be key for Hadoop developers as well who wish to use Scala in Spark.

[AnandJainTech]

Don't have words to applaud him.. mandatory video to watch for not only those who wants to work in Scala but for Java guys as well to see why you should move to Scala now :)

[Wewerka]

This is exactly the kind of presentation I've been looking for.

[sudhiray]

have been working on scala for a year now. A lot of missing things are cleared up here thanks venkat!

[jaskaranbindra]

omg! I didn't even realise 1 hour 40 odd minutes. Before starting the video I was hesitant if I'll be able to make it. Wonderful talk

[iLLtm]

Scala and Clojure are making my life easier everyday.

[simonadams]

Really good video that fills in the gaps most Java to Scala tutorials leave out. Great presenter too!

[akshaynaik]

Tail call optimization starts at 46:00

[VADroidTS]

Excellent video! Learned so many things from this single video 👌 Great teacher

[snowpunk]

I just started working on a scala project.  This was an excellent introduction.

[olucim]

wow this is a game changer... just "tailrec" alone! awesome video!

[NuncNuncNuncNunc]

@25:42 Java is pass by value. Pass by reference would allow you to assign a new thing to a parameter inside a function that would then be visible outside the function.

[srinivasmupparapu]

Wonderful introduction to Scala. Very nicely organized and well explained.

[debasishraychawdhuri]

He is awesome!!! I'm totally buying his book.