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Can anyone recommend a good book on Scala? Or should the documentation be enough?

• Garbage 14y ago
  Programming in Scala - http://www.artima.com/shop/programming_in_scala_2ed http://www.artima.com/shop/programming_in_scala_2ed For more links, visit http://typesafe.com/resources http://typesafe.com/resources
  • gtani 14y ago
    besides staircase book (the one from Artima.com: the other good starter book: http://horstmann.com/scala/ http://horstmann.com/scala/ detailed looks, all angles: http://www.manning.com/suereth/ http://www.manning.com/suereth/
• CCs 14y ago
  Talks, videos, other resources: https://www.assembla.com/spaces/liftweb/wiki/Resources https://www.assembla.com/spaces/liftweb/wiki/Resources
• justin_hancock 14y ago
  Bruce Eckel is releasing a book this year on Scala, Atomic Scala: http://www.atomicscala.com/ http://www.atomicscala.com/ Eckel's Thinking in Java was a classic, I suspect he will this one out of the bag too. The Odersky book is good as a reference, but not a great teaching tool, its too big. I watched the video lectures, they're quite good if a little dry and occasionally quite abstract especially if you're trying to apply Scala to real world problems. Be warned though interop isn't perfect between Java and Scala, sometimes you have to resort to tricks to make things work, Hadoop APIs being a good example.
• fasouto 14y ago
  I recommend Programming in Scala: A Comprehensive Step-by-Step Guide http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0981531644/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=ninja0ed-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0981531644 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0981531644/ref=as_li_ss_tl?... Clear and well written.
• mahmoudhossam 14y ago
  There's also Scala for the impatient by Cay Horstmann. You can get it for free from Typesafe: http://typesafe.com/resources/book/scala-for-the-impatient http://typesafe.com/resources/book/scala-for-the-impatient