Scala: An Introduction

Scala: An Introduction

Please note this is an LJC event. SkillsMatter are hosting this event and are handling the attendance - it is essential that you confirm your place at this link: http://skillsmatter.com/event/scala/scala-intro

Martin Odersky, the created to the Scala language, will be in town for the ScalaDays (http://days2012.scala-lang.org/) conference and has agreed to so an evening on the basics of Scala. All Scala jedi's this is not for you, go to ScalaDays, if you want to learn to basics of one of the most interesting language on the JVM then come along to this event.

Scala is a general purpose programming language designed to express common programming patterns in a concise, elegant, and type-safe way. Scala smoothly integrates features of object-oriented and functional languages, enabling developers to be more productive while retaining full interoperability with Java and taking advantage of modern multicore hardware.

Here,the London financial community has been fast to adopt Scala and new start-ups like Mind Candy have turned to it to get fast time-to-market. Perhaps it’s time you found out why and consider what it can do for you!

Who should attend:

• Java developers who are interested in finding out about Scala, an alternative languages for the JVM.

Agenda:

18:00: Doors Open
18:30: Main presentation - Martin Oderski will present "Scala: An Introduction".
20:30: Networking at The Slaughtered Lamb - address below

Bios:

Martin Odersky is the creator of the Scala programming language,,a co-founder of Typesafe, and a professor in the programming research group at EPFL, the leading technical university in Switzerland. Throughout his career, Martin's singular objective has been to make the basic job of writing programs faster, easier and more enjoyable. In the process he has personally written more lines of Java and Scala code than almost any other individual in the world. He wrote javac, the compiler used by the majority of today’s Java programmers, and scalac, the compiler used by the fast-growing Scala community. He authored "Programming in Scala," the best-selling book on Scala. Previously he has held positions at IBM Research, Yale University, University of Karlsruhe and University of South Australia, after having obtained his doctorate in 1989 from ETH Zürich as a student of Niklaus Wirth, the creator of Pascal.

Please Note:

Nearest tube: Barbican
Nearest Coffee Shop: Sun Coffee Shop, 55-63 Goswell Road, London, EC1V 7EN for if you arrive early
For after event drinks: The Slaughtered Lamb - 34-35 Great Sutton St, Clerkenwell, London, EC1V 0DX

Please note this is an LJC event. SkillsMatter are hosting this event and are handling the attendance - it is essential that you confirm your place at this link: http://skillsmatter.com/event/scala/scala-intro