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    Learner Reviews & Feedback for Functional Programming Principles in Scala by École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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    About the Course

    Functional programming is becoming increasingly widespread in industry. This trend is driven by the adoption of Scala as the main
    programming language for many applications. Scala fuses functional and object-oriented programming in a practical package. It interoperates
    seamlessly with both Java and Javascript. Scala is the implementation language of many important frameworks, including Apache Spark, Kafka,
    and Akka. It provides the core infrastructure for sites such as Twitter, Netflix, Zalando, and also Coursera. In this course, you will discover the
    elements of the functional programming style and learn how to apply them usefully in your daily programming tasks, such as...
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    AJ

    Sep 24, 2019

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    As expected Martin is awesome in explaining principle of functional programming. I have started reading the book as well to make sure I keep up with the knowledge which I have gained from this course.

    VP

    Sep 14, 2018

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    It took me much longer than expected to finish the course and sometimes it made me feel stupid and helpless. Diving into functional programming was a mind bending experience, totally worth time spent!

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    Jun 8, 2019

    Great course for introduction to functional programming

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    Feb 22, 2019

    Great course. A lot of interesting problems to work on.

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    Feb 4, 2017

    Good introduction into Scala and Functional Programming

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    Dec 10, 2016

    Great introduction to Functional programming and Scala.

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    Jun 29, 2016

    Perfect course for beginners in functional programming.

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    Jun 23, 2016

    It's a perfect course if you want to introduce to scala

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    Mar 12, 2018

    Great instructor. A concise course, like Scala itself.

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    Jul 5, 2017

    Excellent course for Scala and functional programming.

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    Apr 15, 2017

    Great course, very well explained and useful exercises

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    Jan 31, 2017

    Instruction from its father.. such a fabulous course!!

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    Dec 4, 2016

    Excellent course! One of the best programming courses!

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    By Erdem S

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    Oct 21, 2016

    Thank you Mr Odersky for this language and this source

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    Jul 24, 2016

    excellent material, just the right amount of challenge

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    Jul 7, 2016

    Nice introduction to Functional Programming and Scala.

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    Jan 9, 2023

    Good introduction to Scala and functional programming

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    Jul 12, 2022

    Very good material, superb exercises and presentation

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    Dec 14, 2021

    This course is very helpful for learning programming.

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    Jun 18, 2020

    Great, thanks professor Martin Odersky and Coursera .

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    Apr 29, 2019

    Very interesting course, really enjoyable experience.

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    May 8, 2018

    Great introduction of functional programming in Scala

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    Mar 21, 2018

    Learn Scala with Martin Odersky, nothing more to say.

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    By Michael M

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    Aug 16, 2017

    Loved every moment of this course! Thank you so much!

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    Jul 25, 2017

    I have liked this course, very interesting and useful

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    Nov 4, 2016

    Excellent course ever. It's little hard but very fun.

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    Jul 24, 2016

    Nice introduction to functional programming in Scala.

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