Martin Odersky, the creator of Scala, is doing an online course on Coursera starting September 15th of this year (2014). It's an advanced course ment for those who already know a programming language like Java or C# although knowing languages like C/C++, Python, Javascript or Ruby will also work. Since I am actually in the process of reading Martin Ordersky excellent Scala book, this works out nicely for me. The first edition of that book is available for online reading too.
Scala is an attempt to create a language for the JVM that is completely compatible with existing Java code but pushes further than Java. Scala adds things like lambdas and function programming concepts while trying to address criticisms of Java like its verbosity. Scala is a language that has been picking up steam recently and it seems to be where the cool JVM people are hanging out (assuming it's possible to be cool with Java).
Ok, one more ridiculous video: is that a Mac Plus? Pff, Java doesn't run on that.
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