Re: Learning Scala

True, but you can learn enough to code in scala a lot sooner.

On Mon, Apr 6, 2015, 9:21 AM David Starner <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 12:36 AM, S Elini <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > What is the best and quickest way to learn and master Scala for someone
> with
> > little or no programming experience?
> > Is it possible to do it in less than 3 months time?
>
> Scala is a complex, multi-layered programming language. I'm not sure
> that anyone can be a master of Scala without being able to program
> Java, and I suspect a true master would have some ML or Haskell under
> their belt, to understand the pure functional approach. To go from
> nothing to a master of Scala might be possible in a couple years, and
> I'm not sure that it wouldn't be easier to start with an good
> introduction in Python or Java, and then use standard Scala
> introductions. (Java is more directly applicable, but Python would
> give you more mastery, by showing you more alternatives to Scala's way
> of doing things.)
>
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