Summary "Scala in Depth" is a unique new book designed to help you integrate Scala effectively into your development process. By presenting the emerging best practices and designs from the Scala community, it guides you through dozens of powerful techniques example by example.About the Book Scala is a powerful JVM language that blends the functional and OO programming models. You'll have no trouble getting introductions to Scala in books or online, but it's hard to find great examples and insights from experienced practitioners. You'll find them in Scala in Depth. There's little heavy-handed theory here--just dozens of crisp, practical techniques for coding in Scala. Written for readers who know Java, Scala, or another OO language. Purchase includes free PDF, ePub, and Kindle eBooks downloadable at manning.com.What's InsideConcise, expressive, and readable code styleHow to integrate Scala into your existing Java projectsScala's 2.8.0 collections APIHow to use actors for concurrent programmingMastering the Scala type systemScala's OO features--type member inheritance, multiple inheritance, and compositionFunctional concepts and patterns--immutability, applicative functors, and monads ==================================================Table of ContentsScala--a blended languageThe core rulesModicum of style--coding conventionsUtilizing object orientationUsing implicits to write expressive codeThe type systemUsing implicits and types togetherUsing the right collectionActorsIntegrating Scala with JavaPatterns in functional programming