How to get started with Scala with examples

Scala brings a ton of useful language constructs that even very experienced programmers might find mind-bending (unless the programmer was careful not to tie his thinking to a single programming language). Scala is a object-oriented-functional hybrid language with its own semantic. Knowing it surely makes you a more proficient programmer and for Java ones might be a useful way-out to functional programming world. Come and see Scala by examples that let you get started with the language and apply it to your projects. A mixture of slides with theory and code should be enough to wet your appetite for more.