This weekend I just released the shiny new paperback version of Learn Functional Programming The Fast Way! . And for the first 48 hours — until roughly the end of March 28, 2023 — you can buy it for half-price ..read more

If you’re interested in this sort of thing, this is the full paperback cover of my new book, Learn Functional Programming The Fast Way! , as seen in Amazon’s previewer ..read more

You can now download a large, preview of my new book, Learn Functional Programming The Fast Way! . Just follow that link and go to the Free Preview section. The book is 250 pages in length, and the free preview is 128 pages long, so it really is a large preview, and it’s FREE ..read more

You can currently find the PDF version of  Learn Functional Programming The Fast Way! because (a) I think it’s more reflective of today’s world, and (b) it’s consistent with my other book, Learn Scala 3 The Fast Way ..read more

While fooling around recently with various computer programming algorithms, I ended up writing an implementation of the Adler-32 checksum algorithm in source code for my Adler-32 checksum implementation ..read more

What’s the easiest way to learn ” If you look at all of the books on the right side of this image, I can tell you that reading all of those books an easy way to learn functional programming (FP): The lessons in the free PDF you can find at that URL include ..read more

I don’t have any major conclusions to share in this blog post, but ... what I was curious about is how Scala implements “lazy val” fields. That is, when the Scala code I write is translated into a file and bytecode that a JVM can understand, what does ..read more

control structure that is helpful in several ways. First, it can be used to automatically close any resource that has a method. Second, it's a great example of how to create a custom Here's the source code for the ..read more

If you’re looking for a unique gift for yourself or the computer programmer in your life, I just created these coffee mug designs . There are two different designs, one with four book covers and another with three book covers, and both of them completely wrap around the mug. helps to keep me writing and teaching about Scala, so I’m trying to find new and unique ways to thank my supporters. If you like coffee, tea, or any other beverage in a mug, I hope you’ll like these new designs ..read more

I don’t know if I’ll keep this going or not, but I was looking for a way to monitor “What’s new in Scala,” so I thought I’d create a “This week in Scala” page. Here’s what’s new the week of January 15-21, 2023 ..read more