COSC250 – Functional and Reactive Programming

1. Imperative programming

• Intro
• Intro to Scala syntax
• OO in Scala
• Practical: Set up
• Practical: First Steps in Scala

2. Functional programming

• Intro
• Recursion and the Stack
• Patterns and Case Classes
• Immutable Lists
• Practical: Recursion

3. Funcitons as values

• Intro
• Higher Order Functions
• Solving Einstein's Puzzle
• Practical: Sudoku Sensei

4. Types

• Intro
• Type Systems
• Type Relationships

5. Category theory

• Intro
• Typeclasses and Monoids
• Categories and Monads

6. Futures and effects

• Intro
• Futures and Promises
• Tasks

7. Laziness

• Intro
• Lazy, Strict, and By-Name

8. Actors

• Intro
• Classic Actors
• Typed Actors

9. Asynchronous streams

• Intro
• Reactive Streams
• Cats Effect

10. Fast data

11. Scala.js and Veautiful