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ScalaFP: Mystery Of Scala Higher Kinded Type.

May 15, 2018August 10, 2018Functional Programming, Studio-ScalaAPI, back2basics, Design, generics, higher, higher kinded type, kind, scala, scalafp, ScalaZ, technology, TypeClass, types

Reading Time: 3 minutes Scala type system holds a lot of mysteries. Sometimes these mysteries confuse us but mostly they provide us with a powerful feature. Today we will be discussing one of them called Higher Kinded Type Or Second Order Type. Before moving to higher kinded type lets brush up our basics first. Higher Order Function: So, functional programming follows an artistic rule called “functions are the first Continue Reading

Back2Basics: Do you know Scala Eta-Expansion and HOF Chemistry?

December 28, 2017August 10, 2018Functional Programming, Java, Studio-Scalacompiler, eta, eta-expansion, expansion, function, Functional Programming, higher, hof, order, scala, scalac, technology, underthehood

Reading Time: 2 minutes I am working on Scala from last 2 years, and pretty confident about Scala concept like HOF, Currying and more. But Recently again looking into the HOF (Higher Order Functions) in Scala. I am pretty confident, HOF is “Passed a function as an argument”, “Assign functions to variables” and “Return functions from function” and the conclusion is Functions are First Class Citizen. For me, these Continue Reading