Learner Reviews & Feedback for Functional Programming Principles in Scala by École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
About the Course
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...
Top reviews
RS
Oct 9, 2016
Really good explanation by the instructor. Good assignments. The assignments gave a good insights into functional programming. I loved the way the problems were decomposed into neat smaller functions.
AJ
Sep 24, 2019
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.
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By Prashant P
•Sep 9, 2016
An awesome course to learn Functional Programming in general and Scala in particular.
By Oliver T
•Oct 15, 2019
I took this course a second time after 4 years, just because I liked it that much :)
By Fábio M S A
•Mar 23, 2018
A very challenging course but also an exciting one, I'm trilled to have finished it.
By Ilya S
•Mar 19, 2018
Perfect explanations, good examples.
But still need to practice much more by yourself
By Qi G
•Sep 11, 2017
Awesome! And the homework is also helpful and I must think a lot before work out it.
By Duncan G
•Apr 10, 2017
Thorough grounding but theoretical. Don't expect to find much practical application.
By Keshav B
•Feb 5, 2017
Good course to get introduced to Scala. Good for people with programming experience.
By Basim K
•Nov 20, 2016
Great material, the programming assignments really help to solidify Scala principles
By Varun B
•Feb 2, 2017
Great course for Java developers to start learning Functional Programming Concepts.
By Roman M
•Jun 22, 2016
Must have for Scala developer or other people interested in functional programming.
By Yaroslav G
•Feb 9, 2020
The course is hard, but very stimulating. Many thanks to Professor Martin Odersky!
By Tomislav M
•Oct 21, 2019
Awesome course, great introduction to Scala and functional programming principles!
By Sebastián G
•Oct 4, 2018
Pretty good way to get into the language. Very clear lessons, helpful assignments.
By Zhida Z
•Aug 18, 2017
I learn a lot a lot about functional programming under what happens under the hood
By Raghu G
•Jun 7, 2017
Very good course. Its a privilege to learn scala from innovator (Martin Odersky).
By Pablo F
•Feb 11, 2017
Awesome course and awesome language. It was very though but totally doable course.
By Nilay T
•Sep 23, 2016
exceptional course.. Author explains complex ideas and theories with such an ease.
By Mircea H
•Dec 31, 2018
Great presentation, challenging homework which makes it all worth it. Thank you !
By Ilya B
•Nov 22, 2018
This course gives notion how to use Scala in functional way. I really enjoyed it!
By Leonardo C
•Dec 19, 2017
It was really a good course. The exercises really helped me to grasp the content.
By Lokesh Y
•Nov 17, 2017
The course was quite nice and covered the basics of functional programming aptly.
By Surajit B
•Mar 13, 2017
Its a wonderful course to take, a complete paradigm shift in the thought process.
By Sangamesh
•Sep 7, 2016
The flow and the course material is really good. The professor teaches very well.
By Denys L
•Oct 19, 2018
This is, by far, the most helpful course to get your hands dirty within FP world
By Dymnikova N
•Dec 4, 2017
It was wonderful! Very understandably and not easy (easy is the same as boring).