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Introduction to JVM Languages

You're reading from Introduction to JVM Languages Get familiar with the world of Java, Scala, Clojure, Kotlin, and Groovy

Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781787127944

Length 450 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Clojure

Tools

Akka

Concepts

Programming Language

Author (1):

Vincent van der Leun

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Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Title Page

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewer

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Preface

1. Java Virtual Machine FREE CHAPTER

2. Developing on the Java Virtual Machine

3. Java

4. Java Programming

5. Scala

6. Scala Programming

7. Clojure

8. Clojure Programming

9. Kotlin

10. Kotlin Programming

11. Groovy

12. Groovy Programming

13. Other JVM languages

14. Quiz Answers

Chapter 5. Scala

Scala is a unique language. It has strong support for functional programming and is also a pure object-oriented programming (OOP) language at the same time. We will cover both OOP and functional programming in this chapter.

The Scala installation offers two ways of running Scala code. It offers an interactive shell where the code can be directly entered and run right away. This program can also be used to run Scala's source code directly, without manually compiling it first. Also, it offers scalac, a traditional compiler that compiles Scala's source code to Java bytecode and generates files with the .class extension. This chapter will only focus on the first method; the next chapter will cover the scalac compiler.

Scala comes with its own Scala standard library. It complements the Java Class Library that is bundled with the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and installed as part of the Java Development Kit (JDK). Scala's standard library contains classes that are optimized to...

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Authors (1)

van der Leun

van der Leun

Vincent van der Leun is a software engineer living in the city of Utrecht in The Netherlands. Programming since the age of 8, he has worked with many different languages and platforms over the years. Rediscovering Java a few years ago, he loved it so much that he became an Oracle Certified Professional, Java 7 Programmer, and started the JVM Fanboy blog. Currently he works for CloudSuite, a company specializing in modern ecommerce solutions. At CloudSuite he works on various backend systems and web services, writes JavaScript code for frontend applications, supports consultants by providing complex SQL queries, and consumes coffee while having design-related discussions with fellow developers.

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