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  1. Scala Times Issue #417

    Capture checking prototype for Scala. Scala project from scratch #7. FS2: Typed Functional Streams in Scala. Bootcamp [Scala], March - July, free online training. TypeVille, April 20th - 22nd Krynica-Zdrój, Poland.


  2. Scala Times Issue #416

    Every Argument for Static Typing Applies to Typed Errors. Sick Fira Code Progress Bars for Absolute Beginners! - Part 2. Bootcamp [Scala], March - July, free online training. TypeVille, April 20th - 22nd Krynica-Zdrój, Poland. Lambda Days, July 28th-29th, Kraków, Poland.


  3. Scala Times Issue #415

    Hands-on Kafka Streams in Scala. Having fun with Ordering in Scala. Sick Fira Code Progress Bars for Absolute Beginners! - Part 1. Bootcamp [Scala], March - July, free online training. TypeVille, April 20th - 22nd Krynica-Zdrój, Poland.


  4. Scala Times Issue #414

    Safer Exceptions in Scala 3. Type Class Derivation in Scala 3. Learn Scala with Online Courses. Functional Programming in Scala. Migrating to Java 17.


  5. Scala Times Issue #413

    Notes about loading configuration Examples for Play Framework and Spring Boot. Scala project from scratch #6. "Functional Programming for Mortals with Scalaz" Review. Scala Love CFP, February 18th, 2022, Online Event. ScalaMatsuri CFP, March 19th - 20th, 2022, Online Event.


  6. Scala Times Issue #412

    Why Scala Is Seeing A Renewed Interest For Developing Enterprise Software. The wonder of context functions. Scala Love CFP, February 18th, 2022, Online Event. ScalaMatsuri CFP, March 19th - 20th, 2022, Online Event. TypeVille CFP, April 20th - 23rd 2022, Krynica-Zdrój, Poland.


  7. Scala Times Issue #411

    Scala and Rust interoperability via JNI. Learn Doobie for the Greater Good. Scala Love CFP, February 18th, 2022, Online Event. ScalaMatsuri CFP, March 19th - 20th, 2022, Online Event. TypeVille CFP, April 20th - 23rd 2022, Krynica-Zdrój, Poland.


  8. Scala Times Issue #410

    My Dos and Donts in sbt Build Definitions. Scala Chat: Hello Discord (So Long, Gitter). Smart constructors for case classes. Gallia: a library for data transformation. Sourcegraph: Precise Code Intelligence for Java, Scala, and Kotlin.


  9. Scala Times Issue #409

    ZIO environment: episode 3. Preparing Apache Kafka for Scala 3. How I Self-Published My First Technical Book. "Scala CLI" - Tool or Toy?. "Practical Functional Programming in Scala" Review.


  10. Scala Times Issue #408

    7 ZIO experts share why they choose ZIO. ENSIME: The Next Generation. Coding at 6am isn't fun. ScalaMatsuri CFP, March 19th - 20th, 2022, Online Event. TypeVille CP, April 20th - 23rd 2022.


  11. Scala Times Issue #407

    IntelliJ Scala Plugin 2021.3 Is Out!. Scala at Scale at Databricks. Akka Streams Backpressure. Zip and slide! (Advent of Code day 1). Ep 15: Advent of Code 2021 Day 1. Is it Traverse?.


  12. Scala Times Issue #406

    Security improvements in tapir 0.19. Retrying function calls in Scala. Parsing character encoding-dependent protocols with scodec in Scala. Introduction to ZIO. "Scala with Cats" Review.


  13. Scala Times Issue #405

    The programmer's brain in the lands of exploration and production. The Red Book - "Functional Programming in Scala" Review. Functional Scala, Dec 2nd - 3rd.


  14. Scala Times Issue #404

    On the future of Akka & Lightbend. Data Times - Big Data and ML enthusiasts news flash. Break free from your entangled code base! - Part 2. Scala at Scale at Databricks. Recursion pitfalls in IO monads and how to avoid them.


  15. Scala Times Issue #403

    The future of Lagom. Run a fs2-kafka stream with scala-cli and Scala 3. Demystifying Akka Streams' Materialized Values. Asynchronous Microservices with ZIO-gRPC and Scala. An identifier, by any other name, ….


  16. Scala Times Issue #402

    Developing your own Content Management System - Preface. No leftovers: Working with pulls in fs2. Publishing Scala Code Coverage Results to CodeCov using Github Actions. The inline Modifier in Scala 3. Dataflow Analysis for Scala.


  17. Scala Times Issue #401

    Proceedings of the 12th ACM SIGPLAN International Symposium on Scala. On the future of Play Framework. Scala 3 and Spark?. Trait parameters in Scala3 - a feature no one asked for?. ZIO from Scratch - Part 1.


  18. Scala Times Issue #400

    A Case Study in Incrementally Improving Code. Proof of Multi-Stage Programming with Generative and Analytical Macros. Testing client/server compatibility + error handling - SPFS #4. "Programming in Scala" Review. Type-Level Programming in Scala, Part 2: A Type-Level Quicksort.


  19. Scala Times Issue #399

    Akka Serverless: Developing with Java or Scala. Improving DateTimeFormatter.parseBest using Scala 3. Top Link of September: What’s Changed Since Scala 3.0.0. Scala Metals with Multiple Roots in a Workspace. Serverless Chats Episode 112: Abstracting Stateful Serverless with Jonas Bonér.


  20. Scala Times Issue #398

    Fast number parsing in Scala. On TF and ZIO in 2021. Trace your microservices with ZIO Telemetry. Scala isn't Hard: How to Master Scala Step by Step. Scala 3 publishing plan for scalameta.


  21. Scala Times Issue #388

    Data Times - Big Data and ML enthusiasts news flash. Story of importing a large dataset to Akka Cluster. Combining the terminal (iTerm) with the IDE. Metaprogramming in Scala 3: Inline. Part 6 - zio.Has - Getting Started with ZIO in Scala3.


  22. Scala Times Issue #387

    Will Scala 3 be your new favorite language?. Programming with Functions #8: Monads. Part 5 - ZIO.access - Getting Started with ZIO in Scala3. 12th ACM SIGPLAN Scala Symposium Call for Papers. ZIO Hackathon, Oct 29th - 31st (CET).


  23. Scala Times Issue #386

    Scala 3: Macros. 5 Key Lessons from Functional Programming in Scala. OAuth2 Scala application with sttp-oauth2, part 1 - Dev notes. Scala 3 Tech Report by SoftwareMill. Top Link of June: Scala 3 goodies for Scala 2 developers.


  24. Scala Times Issue #385

    Scala 3 Tech Report. ZIO: Introduction to Fibers. Problem: automatic coloring of effect monads in dotty-cps-async. Scala 3: Anti-Givens. (re)constructing sequences with Alternative.


  25. Scala Times Issue #384

    How to write a fire shader. Scala 3 goodies for Scala 2 developers. Composable Scala Matchers: Introduction. Writing an Interpreter From Scratch. Destroy your foldLeft with traverse and State - Scala tutorial.


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