This practically-focused textbook presents a concise tutorial on data
structures and algorithms using the object-functional language Scala.
The material builds upon the foundation established in the title
Programming with Scala: Language Exploration by the same author, which
can be treated as a companion text for those less familiar with Scala.
Topics and features: discusses data structures and algorithms in the
form of design patterns; covers key topics on arrays, lists, stacks,
queues, hash tables, binary trees, sorting, searching, and graphs;
describes examples of complete and running applications for each topic;
presents a functional approach to implementations for data structures
and algorithms (excepting arrays); provides numerous challenge exercises
(with solutions), encouraging the reader to take existing solutions and
improve upon them; offers insights from the author's extensive
industrial experience; includes a glossary, and an appendix supplying an
overview of discrete mathematics.
Highlighting the techniques and skills necessary to quickly derive
solutions to applied problems, this accessible text will prove
invaluable to time-pressured students and professional software
engineers.