Scala Functional Programming Patterns

Patterns and those aha! moments

Patterns have more to do with a software design such as how to compose things together, the kind of design template to be used, and so on. They are a lot more about interactions between classes and objects. Patterns are design recipes, and they illustrate a solution to a recurring design problem. However, idioms are largely specific to a language and patterns are more general and at a higher level. Patterns are also mostly language independent.

You can (and usually do) implement the same design patterns in the language you are working with.

The command design pattern

The command design pattern encapsulates an object. It allows you to invoke a method on the object at a later point. For example, we are used to the following ...