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Scala For Big Data Engineering – Why should you care?

The thought of learning Scala fills many with fear, its very name often causes feelings of terror. This suggests it’s either doing something very good, or very bad! The truth is Scala can be used for many things; from a simple web application to complex ML (Machine Learning). Moreover, it unusually fully incorporates two programming paradigms: OOP (Object Orientated Programming) and FP (Functional programming).

In this blog series I will break down some of the barriers and myths hindering mere mortals from learning Scala, and hopefully set some of you on the path to FP enlightenment within your data projects

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