Spotlight on Chris Birchall
Language: Scala
When: Saturday, October 1st - 17:30 - 18:30
Real-world functional Scala
Even if you have learned about specific functional programming techniques, it can be tricky to get a feel for how to build a ‘real-world’ functional program. How do you piece functional concepts and components together to produce a working application? How should your codebase be structured? How do you go from a high-level goal such as ‘separate a program’s description from its execution’ to a real implementation in Scala? This talk will use a real-world case study to attempt to answer some of those questions. Chris will guide you through the code of one of his recent Scala apps, first highlighting some Scala best practices and then looking at how the codebase could be refactored into a more functional style.
About Chris:
Chris is the tech lead for the Content Platforms team at the Guardian in London, working on the backend APIs that power theguardian.com. Before joining the Guardian, he worked for M3 in Tokyo. He is the creator of the ScalaCache library and the author of Re-Engineering Legacy Software.
About Lambda World:
Lambda World takes place September 30th - October 1st, in Cadiz, Spain and is hosted by 47 Degrees in conjunction with the Scala and Java communities of Spain. The event is located at the Palacio de Congresos, an old tobacco factory near the beach. You can find more details at Lambda.world.