Scala Programming

• Difference between var and val variables
• Setting up Eclipse and its Scala plugin
• Using while and if statements
• Iterate with foreach and function literals
• Iterate with the for expression

• Parametrize arrays with types
• The fact that () equate to the “apply” and “update” methods
• Using the immutable List sequence
• Concatenating Lists with the “:::” methods
• Building Lists with the “cons” method
• The fact that method names ending with the “:” are methods of the right operand
• Using Nil to create a List the short way
• Using the Tuple container object
• Constructing (im)mutable Set objects
• Constructing im/mutable Map objects
• The class Hierarchy of im/mutable collection objects
• The differences between imperative and functional programming
• Using the reduceLeft method of List to provide a functional approach to determine the maximum value in a List

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