fp-tower / abstraction

Abstraction is a functional programming course in Scala

Synopsis

Module 1: Typeclass

• Different implementations of ad-hoc polymorphism
• Eq, Monoid
• Typeclass laws
• Instance uniqueness, location
• Typeclass hierarchy with Semigroup, CommutativeMonoid
• Use case with distributed computing (e.g. Spark)
• Higher kinded typeclass with Foldable
• Typeclass abuses

Module 2: Functors

• Functor, Applicative, Monad, Traverse
• Combining effects
• Variance
• Typeclass coherence
• Typeclass granularity

FAQ

Where should I start?

Each module has:

• a set of slides (linked above) located at docs/$module.html
• a scala object containing all exercises located at exercises/src/main/scala/exercises/$module/$moduleExercises.scala
• a scala object containing all answers located at exercises/src/main/scala/answers/$module/$moduleAnswers.scala
• two test suites (one for exercises, one for answers) located at exercises/src/test/scala/exercises/$module/$moduleTest.scala

Start each module with the slides, at some point you will be prompted to work on some exercises. Do the exercises and check your answers are correct by running the tests for this module. Finally, go back to the slides and repeat the process. If you have any question, please ask them on gitter.

How to run the tests?

sbt testExercises$X

For example tests for module 1 (Typeclass) is run with:

sbt testExercises1

Is this course free?

Yes, the material is open source and it uses a permissive licence CC-BY-SA-4.0. However, the slides and exercises are currently made to be run by a trainer. Eventually, we aim to make this course self-study with online videos but it is not likely to happen before mid 2020.

We do encourage people who enjoy the course to make a donation using patreon.