Functional Program Design in Scala

The second class in the Scala specialization down. I was a little put off by the fact that this is basically a retooled/abridged version of the "Functional Reactive Programming" class, which made it feel incomplete. Regardless, the programming exercises were fun, if a bit lightweight. The lecture material was ... meh.

My solutions on Github: FunctionalProgramDesignScala

I don't really have much to discuss on the lecture material, so rather than force it I'll just leave off with the outline:

Week 1:

• Setup and review
• 1.1 - Queries with For
• 1.2 - Translation of For
• 1.3 - Functional Random Generators
• 1.4 - Monads

Week 2:

• 2.1 - Structural Induction on Trees
• 2.2 - Streams
• 2.3 - Lazy Evaluation
• 2.4 - Computing with Infinite Sequences
• 2.5 - Case Study: the Water Pouring Problem
• Programming Assignment: Bloxorz

Week 3:

• 3.1 - Functions and State
• 3.2 - Identity and Change
• 3.3 - Loops
• 3.4 - Extended Example: Discrete Event Simulation
• 3.5 - Discrete Event Simulation: API and Usage
• 3.6 - Discrete Event Simulation: Implementation and Test
• Programming Assignment: Quickcheck

Week 4:

• 4.1 - Imperative Event Handling: The Observer Pattern
• 4.2 - Functional Reactive Programming
• 4.3 - A Simple FRP Implementation
• 4.4 - Latency as an Effect 1
• 4.5 - Latency as an Effect 2
• 4.6 - Combinators on Futures 1
• 4.7 - Combinators on Futures 2
• 4.8 - Composing Futures 1
• 4.9 - Implementation of flatMap on Future
• 4.10 - Composing Futures 2
• Video: LectureConclusion
• Programming Assignment: Calculator