This week in #Scala (Dec 14, 2020)

Welcome to the new edition of #ThisWeekInScala!

This blog aims to keep you up to date with the latest news from the world of Scala and Reactive programming.

It has been a week since the previous #ThisWeekInScala so let’s catch up on the latest Scala & Reactive happenings…

New Content

• Scala 3 Developers’ Survey
• Scala 2 Language Spec now available as PDF
• Programming in Scala for beginners — week 11: scala and java interop
• Four new features of Scala 2.13 releases that you probably missed
• Elegant Scala Filesystem Operations with os-lib
• Scala 3: Python 3 or Easiest Upgrade Ever?
• airframe-log for Scala 3 (Dotty)
• 1 line exception handling (scala.util.control.Exception) and functional programming, tie-in to zio
• Comparison of Java without semicolon vs compact Scala collection version
• Thera: a new template engine for Scala
• Evaluating persistent, replicated message queues (2020 edition)
• Advent of Code Data
• Message-based Parallelism with Actors
• Single command Scala Environment Setup via Coursier
• Scala Love CFP

Releases

• The Weaver Test is out!
• New zmail available
• IntelliJ Scala Plugin 2020.3 Is Out!

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