Scala Design Patterns: Patterns for Practical Reuse and Design

324 Pages·2013·9.498 MB·English

by  John Hunt (auth.)

John Hunt
Scala
Design
Patterns
Patterns for Practical Reuse and Design
Scala Design Patterns

John Hunt

Scala Design Patterns
Patterns for Practical Reuse
and Design
Dr. John Hunt
Department of Computer Science
and Creative Technologies
University of the West of England
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN 978-3-319-02191-1 ISBN 978-3-319-02192-8 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-02192-8
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This book is dedicated to my
children .

Author’ s Note
I would like to thank several people who have contributed to my understanding
and appreciation for Scala. These people helped through discussions, explanations
and as sounding boards. They include Paul Storer-Martin, George Ball, Ivan
O’Mahony, Theo Mauger and Yan Tordoff.
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Contents
Part I Introduction
1 Introduction ............................................................................................. 3
1.1 Introduction ...................................................................................... 3
1.2 Introduction to Scala ........................................................................ 4
1.3 What Is Scala? .................................................................................. 6
1.4 The Class Person .............................................................................. 7
1.5 Functional Programming .................................................................. 8
1.6 A Hybrid Language .......................................................................... 9
1.7 Scala Oriented Patterns .................................................................... 10
1.8 Resources.......................................................................................... 11
Reference ................................................................................................... 11
2 Design Patterns ........................................................................................ 13
2.1 Introduction ...................................................................................... 13
2.2 Motivation Behind Patterns .............................................................. 14
2.3 Design Patterns ................................................................................. 15
2.3.1 What Are Design Patterns? ................................................. 15
2.3.2 What They Are Not? ............................................................ 15
2.3.3 Architectural Patterns .......................................................... 16
2.3.4 Documenting Patterns ......................................................... 16
2.3.5 When to Use Patterns .......................................................... 18
2.3.6 Strengths and Limitations of Design Patterns ..................... 18
2.4 Fundamental Patterns ....................................................................... 19
2.5 Code Reuse Patterns ......................................................................... 19
2.6 GoF Design Patterns ......................................................................... 19
2.7 Functional Patterns ........................................................................... 20
2.8 Patterns and Scala ............................................................................. 20
2.9 Further Reading ................................................................................ 21
References ................................................................................................. 21
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