Episode 89: Alejandro Lujan of ScalaQuest

Special Guest Alejandro Lujan of ScalaQuest

Special guest Alejandro Lujan joins host Drew Ogryzek to discus the programming language Scala, the types of problems Scala, and functional programming languages in general are good at solving versus object oriented languages such as Java, for example.

As a professional trainer and consultant for Lightbend Inc. Lujan brings his expertise in both programming and education to an exciting online game, ScalaQuest. Each level focuses on a topic, from values and expressions, to functions, to Monads. As you progress through the game, there are a number of challenges to solve in code, helping to gain familiarity with the Scala programming language and its key concepts. Check out the ScalaQuest kickstarter campaign!

Follow Lujan on Twitter at @andanthor and Samantha Ming at @EventsPodcast.

Links

ScalaQuest Kickstarter

Lightbend Blog: ScalaQuest

Events Podcast Presents: Vancouver Tech Events Aug 14 - 17, 2017

MON: Aug 14

SEO: How to Drive More Traffic to Your Website

(Camp Tech | at Hive Vancouver | 12:00 pm)

TUE: Aug 15

Configuring AWS ECS infrastructure with Terraform and the Segment Stack

(Vancouver Amazon Web Service User Group | at BuildDirect | 6:00 pm)

Vancouver Startup Funding 101: How to Raise Capital for Your Idea

(Vancouver Startup Founder 101 | at The Profile | 6:30 pm)

WED: Aug 16

[Advanced] Data Science Reading Group

(Learn Data Science | at SFU Harbour Centre | 6:00 pm)

August 2017 Meetup

(ReactJS | at HootSuite | 6:00 pm)

THU: Aug 17

Free iOS Essentials Workshop

(Lighthouse Labs | 6:00 pm)

Code & Coffee

(at Mobify | 6:30 pm)

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