Jason Swartz: 2 books

Learning Scala

Practical Functional Programming for the JVM

by Jason Swartz
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2014

Why learn Scala? You don’t need to be a data scientist or distributed computing expert to appreciate this object-oriented functional programming language. This practical book provides a comprehensive yet approachable introduction to the language, complete with syntax diagrams, examples, and exercises....

DIY Citizenship

Critical Making and Social Media

by Steve Mann, Kate Milberry, Henry Jenkins
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2014

How social media and DIY communities have enabled new forms of political participation that emphasize doing and making rather than passive consumption. Today, DIY—do-it-yourself—describes more than self-taught carpentry. Social media enables DIY citizens to organize and protest in new ways...