Scala Idiom for Practical Engineers
It's tempting to see Scala features and assume they behave similarly to Java constructs you have used for the last 10 years. This talk is about getting the most out of Scala's idioms early on so you can get well on your way to being idiomatic.
This talk is for the practical engineer who has been doing Java for a while. You get stuff done and the ivory tower world of functional programming hasn't excited you quite yet.
We'll cover things that allow for more stateless and functional programming but the focus of this talk is not functional programming.
About Demian Neidetcher
Demian Neidetcher is a Senior Engineer at Time Warner Cable working on customer portals and getting television content to IP devices. He first got the programming bug staying up late nights with his Commodore64.
He has been professionally writing software for over 15 years. Most of his experience is with JVM languages (Java, Scala, Groovy) in the telecommunications domain doing things like inventory systems for a long-haul carrier, integrating conferencing software and routing VoIP traffic including geo-spatial 911 call routing. He has worked for companies ranging from Fortune 500 to small start-ups. In every environment Demian has looked for pragmatic approaches, solutions and process to get teams delivering software that benefits users.
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