SummaryScala in Depth is a unique new book designed to help you integrate Scala effectively into your development process. By presenting the emerging best practices and designs from the Scala community, it guides you through dozens of powerful techniques example by example.About the BookScala is a powerful JVM language that blends the functional and OO programming models. You'll have no trouble getting introductions to Scala in books or online, but it's hard to find great examples and insights from experienced practitioners. You'll find them in Scala in Depth.There's little heavy-handed theory herejust dozens of crisp, practical techniques for coding in Scala. Written for readers who know Java, Scala, or another OO language. Purchase of the print book comes with an offer of a free PDF, ePub, and Kindle eBook from Manning. Also available is all code from the book. What's InsideConcise, expressive, and readable code styleHow to integrate Scala into your existing Java projectsScala's 2.8.0 collections APIHow to use actors for concurrent programmingMastering the Scala type systemScala's OO featurestype member inheritance, multiple inheritance, and compositionFunctional concepts and patternsimmutability, applicative functors, and monads==================================================Table of ContentsScalaa blended languageThe core rulesModicum of stylecoding conventionsUtilizing object orientationUsing implicits to write expressive codeThe type systemUsing implicits and types togetherUsing the right collectionActorsIntegrating Scala with JavaPatterns in functional programming