Scala Monads: Declutter Your Code With Monadic Design

In this video tutorial, Dan Rosen will show you how to use Scala's capacity for monadic design to eliminate repetitive boilerplate in your code. You'll learn to recognize places where the perpetual clutter of null checks, try-catch blocks and more can be hidden within a monad, to make your code's logic stand out clearly. ** Head to http://marakana.com for more open source educational resources

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