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This chapter presents an introduction to the Scala programming language. As such, it is not intended to be a comprehensive guide. It introduces the basic elements of the Scala language, including Apps, discusses the concept of classes and instances and how they are defined, presents methods and method definitions and considers constructors and their role.
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Hunt, J. (2018). Scala Building Blocks. In: A Beginner's Guide to Scala, Object Orientation and Functional Programming. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75771-1_8
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