Spark is the single biggest use that comes to mind. Scala reminds me of Java trying to be Haskell. If you know either of those then you have a head start. Mar

Spark is the single biggest use that comes to mind. Scala reminds me of Java trying to be Haskell. If you know either of those then you have a head start. Martin Odersky’s course Functions Programming in Scala: https://www.coursera.org/learn/scala-functional-programming https://www.coursera.org/learn/scala-functional-programming Scala for the Impatient: https://github.com/shellyhanda/Scala/blob/master/Scala%20for%20the%20Impatient%2C%202nd%20Edition.pdf https://github.com/shellyhanda/Scala/blob/master/Scala%20for...