Summary/reference documentation on Scala standard library types

Question

Details on the packages/types is in the Scala API documentation on scala-lang.org. But that's organised by class and I (as a Scala neophyte) find it difficult to locate the exact data type I need and work out what operation are supported on what (especially in the huge and powerful scala.collections.* tree).

Is there an online or dead-tree resource that either presents this reference information more usably, or guides the reader through the library?

Alternatively, maybe I just need to be informed how to use the existing Scala API doc website more effectively.

Any advice on effective use of the standard Scala library gratefully received!

Answer 1

For the collections in particular, there's a very good overview available here: http://www.scala-lang.org/docu/files/collections-api/collections.html

Written by Martin Odersky himself :)