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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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    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!

    RS

    Oct 9, 2016

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    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.

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    By MrAlex

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    Aug 30, 2019

    My mind has been made recursive; I hope - tail-recursive :)

    Essential knowledge and amazing experience with assignments! Huffman Coding is COOL! ;)

    The must-have course for FP developers.

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    By Justin T

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    Jul 29, 2016

    Top notch teaching from the designer of Scala. Highly recommend this to any programmer new to functional languages as you would gain a new perspective for tackling programming problems.

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    By Juan A

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    Oct 24, 2016

    I'd very much recommend this course to anyone interested on programming, as it teaches you, week by week, to think about your approach to a problem in a different and enlightening way.

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    By Sunit C

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    Jun 4, 2017

    A Great Course... I had already worked in Scala for 6+ months when I took this course, and it really helped me clear my fundamentals in many things. Martin Odersky is a great teacher.

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    By William W

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    Dec 7, 2017

    The elegancy of functional programming has been fully demostrated in this fabulous course. It used to be pages of Java code but now it's merely lines. It's not easy, but it deserves,

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    By Irina G

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    Jun 3, 2017

    Great course, good introduction to functional programming. The concepts are introduced gradually, and that makes them easier to understand. Fun exercises! Thank you for the course!

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    By محمد ر

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    Oct 30, 2016

    This course was really helpful to understand the paradigms of functional programming. The exercises were not all easy to solve and this helps a lot in applying the course concepts.

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    By Etienne G

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    Oct 20, 2016

    A clear and interesting course. Assignments are well designed and very engaging, allowing to focus on the answer rather than loosing time on understanding what exactly is expected.

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    By wojo93

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    Jan 30, 2022

    Completion of the course required quite a lot of perseverence, but it's definitely worth it. Definitely recommend taking the course to people interested in learning more about FP.

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    By Jude O

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    Jan 9, 2019

    Absolutely amazing course, I've never enjoyed learning a new programming language as much as through this course. The programming assignments are challenging and interesting too.

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    By Swagata P

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    Aug 3, 2017

    Simply unbelievable. I completed twitter scala school before so could skip the language parts. But the rest was truly amazing. Want to revisit the contents again as much as I can.

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    By Peter T

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    Jun 6, 2016

    A very profound introduction to Scala and Functional Programming. This is not just another explanation of syntax and language features. It touches many topics of computer science.

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    By VIRAJ B

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    May 14, 2019

    Enjoyed the course! Functional programming is a different way of thinking about programs. Assignments helped to re-enforce the learning. Thanks to Coursera and the course staff !

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    By Zhiwen F

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    Jan 25, 2017

    It is definitely a great course, from which I have enjoyed so much of functional programming and Scala. Hopefully, I can achieved other courses related to functional programming.

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    By Roberto

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    Aug 30, 2016

    Amazing course, well presented, with interesting study cases in every lesson. The course shows very well how rich Scala is as programming language.

    I will recommend it to anyone.

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    By Ravindra N

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    Sep 23, 2018

    Very good introductory course. I'd recommend it for folks who have experience with imperative programming and are trying to transition to a more functional style of programming.

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    By Basanth R

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    Dec 21, 2016

    Great introduction to scala. For best results, read the scala book concurrently or immediately after this course. And of course, follow up with a real project on scala at work.

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    By Ravikiran P

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    Apr 18, 2021

    very well taught course. The concept of conciseness is introduced and included in every aspect of this course. A very mathematical approach to problem solving and programming.

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    By Piyush B

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    Jul 22, 2017

    A must take course for anyone who wants to get a good hold over syntax and semantics of Scala ... and develop his skills through a purely analytical and functional approach :)

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    By Jose C

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    May 5, 2019

    I think the content of week number 6 is a bit complicated so it would be good if it is expended a little bit with a few more examples, other than that the course is excellent

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    By Darcio L P

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    Mar 15, 2018

    Don't try to learn Scala (or FPL) with less than that. There are easier sources, but none of them are going to make your foundations really muscular like the Odersky classes.

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    By Nicolás V O

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    Feb 3, 2017

    I have been programming in Java four years ago (all my degree) and this course help me too much. Understand the functional programming is very important for every CS student.

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    By Revathy M

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    Mar 25, 2018

    I have started understanding Scala from different perspective as I am new to functional programming - tough though and a long way to go. But I am happy that I am trying out.

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    By David O

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    Jan 7, 2017

    Well structured initiation to functional programming with Scala. You convey very well the mindset required for functional thinking. Thanks for making this course available !

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    By Michał C

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    Sep 24, 2016

    I have participated in this course with pleasure. The functional programming is depict clearly and systematically with great examples - that is why I blame it for my 100% :)

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