Appendix B. Recommended reading
If you’re not already familiar with some of the tools used in this book, you’ll be interested in these resources that will boost your experience with Reactive Web Applications.
Scala
In order to make the most out of this book, you should be comfortable with the basics of the Scala language, since you’ll be reading a lot of it and writing a bit of it throughout the book.
- The e-book Scala By Example by Martin Odersky is available for free at http://www.scala-lang.org/docu/files/ScalaByExample.pdf. It gives an example-driven introduction to the Scala programming language.
- Scala for the Impatient by Cay Horstmann is a compact introduction to Scala, and you can get the first set of chapters for free at https://www.lightbend.com/resources/e-book/scala-for-the-impatient ...
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