[(Scala for Java Developers * * )] [Author: Thomas Alexandre] [Jun-2014] Paperback – 11 Jun. 2014

Simple read. Very clear.

This is a good first book on Scala, providing a whistle-stop tour of the language and some of the tools and techniques associated with Scala. It covers a lot of ground in just 250 pages, or so, but not much of it on any great depth. Considering its title, it makes just a few comparisons to Java, so even if you're not from a Java background, you could still get something out of it.

I highly recommend to all Java developers who want to jump start their way to Scala. But be sure to have another very comprehensive Scala book to learn Scala syntax in detail. I recommend Scala for the Impatient for that purpose.

Good and up to date (in Oct 2014) collection of How-Tos. That's the trend in programming books these days.

I read this book after reading the Scala Cookbook and I found it extremely useful. It's more of "what" rather than "how".

Meets expectations of Java developer

Let me say that I can see it is hard to write a book like this is the ever changing world we live in. I had many technical issues with the examples in the book. Not all of this was an issue with the examples (they are very thin, no what if’s), but I had to figure out on my own about how to proxy, Maven, Netbeans and SBT, etc.. This is why it’s for developers, or it makes a good read, which is what I ended up doing. He states at one point early on that in time you will need to use a different version than the one he is pointing out, but misses out on showing you the location of the list of versions that are on Maven, etc.. Each subject is covered very fast, so even though an example might not come together, most of what is being demonstrated is the setup of tools that automate project development scaffolding. And as such it is a pretty good book. After reading the book, and solving my own issues with the technology, I was able to setup my own little test using SBT and build a little test jar file to verify that I can indeed write in Scala on my machine and deploy on the target machines. This book isn’t really going to teach you how to do anything in-depth, but it is a good primer on the Scala eco system. And the early bits that show how to do Java things in Scala are good easy to follow and work just fine.