Pacific Northwest Software Symposium
September 6 - 8, 2013
Scala: Demystifying The Funky Stuff
Saturday - Sep 7 3:15 PM PDT - Salon 4
Scala is known for both its clarity in some cases, and its obscurity in others. Well, this presentation sticks with the obscurity. We will cover abstract types, the Predef, implicit conversions, creating infix types, singleton types, type variance, type bounds, type variance, partially applied functions vs. partial functions, type projections, and overcoming type erasure using Manifests.
This presentation is geared in at the programmer level and not at a scientific level, with no type theory or calculus. Basic knowledge of Scala is preferrable, though not required. Asking tough questions is mandatory.
Daniel Hinojosa
Independent Consultant
About Daniel Hinojosa
Daniel is a programmer, consultant, instructor, speaker, and recent author. With over 20 years of experience, he does work for private, educational, and government institutions. He is also currently a speaker for No Fluff Just Stuff tour. Daniel loves JVM languages like Java, Groovy, and Scala; but also dabbles with non JVM languages like Haskell, Ruby, Python, LISP, C, C++. He is an avid Pomodoro Technique Practitioner and makes every attempt to learn a new programming language every year. For downtime, he enjoys reading, swimming, Legos, football, and barbecuing.