Introduction to Scala Scala stands for Scalable language and it is a programming language that is similar to Java, C, C++. That is why, for Java developers, it is very easy to learn Scala. Watch this Apache-Spark-Scala video Here in this tutorial, you will learn: What is Scala? What makes Scala scalable? Features of Scala History What is Scala? Scala stands for scalable language. It is a modern multi-paradigm programming language. It combines functional and object-oriented programming. Object-oriented makes it simple to design complex systems and adapt them to new demands and functional programming makes it simple to create things rapidly from simple parts and it is compatible with Java. It adopts a big part of the syntax of Java and C. Except for the syntax, Scala takes other elements of Java-like as its basic types, class libraries, and its execution model. It is designed to convey general programming patterns in an elegant, brief & type-safe way. What makes Scala scalable? There are the two features of Scala i.e. Object-Oriented Functional Because of these features, Scala is scalable. Features of Scala The features of Scala are- Compatible Concise High-level Statically typed Object-oriented Functional Scala runs on the JVM Scala can execute Java Code. History It is functional programming that was created by Martin Odersky and it is first released in 2003.