Scala Eye for the Java Guy

I'm still buried deep in Functional Programming Scala .  It's an excellent book, but it does have a habit of occasionally introducin...

In this post I want to introduce the simple yet powerful technique of tracing.  It's one I'm using more and more to help me get my h...

I'm back at the Scala-face, working my way through  Functional Programming in Scala by Paul Chiusano and Rúnar Bjarnason. I'm st...

There is a lot more power to the Scala type system than any other language I know, and I’ve yet to come across - let along understand – most...

On the surface, it seems that a combination of filter and map can achieve the same end as a for -comprehension with judicious use of guard...

There are a great many benefits to be learning something like Scala, when you have an educational background like I do.  Even small snippets...

NOTE: There's an update to this post, based on a Google+ comment from Chris Phelps .  Cheers Chris! I’m back on Scala’s for comprehen...