Learner Reviews & Feedback for Functional Programming Principles in Scala by École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
About the Course
programming language for many applications. Scala fuses functional and object-oriented programming in a practical package. It interoperates
seamlessly with both Java and Javascript. Scala is the implementation language of many important frameworks, including Apache Spark, Kafka,
and Akka. It provides the core infrastructure for sites such as Twitter, Netflix, Zalando, and also Coursera. In this course, you will discover the
elements of the functional programming style and learn how to apply them usefully in your daily programming tasks, such as...
Top reviews
RS
Oct 8, 2016
Really good explanation by the instructor. Good assignments. The assignments gave a good insights into functional programming. I loved the way the problems were decomposed into neat smaller functions.
VP
Sep 13, 2018
It took me much longer than expected to finish the course and sometimes it made me feel stupid and helpless. Diving into functional programming was a mind bending experience, totally worth time spent!
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By Sri
•Jul 25, 2016
Most intense and enlightening course. Gives functional perspective.
By Alvin D
•Jun 24, 2016
Definitely the first entry point to learning Functional Programming
By THATHA G K V T C
•Oct 8, 2024
thank you for giving me free in financial aid that helps me a lot.
By Marko M
•Sep 7, 2021
Really enjoyed it. I'm definitely taking the reactive course next!
By 李东恒
•Mar 8, 2018
An excellent course for learning functional programming and Scala.
By Don L
•Dec 8, 2017
Excellent Content and covers the functional programming principles
By 배준환
•Oct 21, 2017
i think this coursers is best way to study scala 스칼라를 공부하는 최고의 방법
By Miguel A C
•Apr 17, 2017
Exercises with increasing difficulty. Very good videos. You learn!
By Hristo I
•Sep 3, 2016
An easy to follow and informative class. The homework is also fun.
By Andrzej K
•Jan 28, 2021
Amazing, challenging, and well-prepared assingments and lectures.
By Robin W
•Jul 1, 2017
Challenging to think recursively and with immutability. Good fun!
By Sergey S
•Apr 24, 2017
Good balance between explanation and speed. Useful and effective!
By Pranav K
•Apr 5, 2023
A great introductory course to Functional programming with Scala
By Ian A
•Jan 18, 2020
You need to have a strong foundation in Java to take this course
By Abhijith B S
•Sep 19, 2019
it was a good introduction on functional programming, thank you.
By Nathan D
•Mar 19, 2019
Great introduction to functional programming and scala language.
By Tim P
•Oct 1, 2016
I enjoyed this course and hope to do the follow-up courses soon!
By Subodh C
•Mar 23, 2019
Wonderfully taught. Thank you for teaching and creating Scala !
By Ben L
•Jan 4, 2018
very nice course. The programming is very tough but reasonable.
By Zhenduo D
•Oct 18, 2017
Professor Odersky teaches really really well. Very good course.
By Vikram S
•Oct 4, 2016
Great course to start learning functional programming and scala
By Marshall S
•Jul 1, 2020
A very good introduction to Scala and its language constructs.
By Georgios K
•May 22, 2020
One of the best moocs I have ever taken.
Mind-expanding course.
By Jan B
•May 17, 2019
Great course to understand the fundamental principles of scala
By Thierry M
•Dec 22, 2017
Excellent introduction to functionnal programming and to Scala