Scala Syntax for Java Developers

A quick guide to some of the common syntactical differences between Scala and Java

Dave Taubler
ITNEXT
Published in
10 min readAug 21, 2020

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Java developers who are curious about Scala might find the differences in syntax to be daunting. So below is a guide to some of the common Scala syntax rules that differ from Java’s. At the end, we’ll walk through a comprehensive example of Scala code.

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