Implicits Inspected and Explained
Demystifying Scala implicits: explore idiomatic use cases, compiler resolution, and their role in enabling DSLs and concise code. Gain intermediate-level understanding of this powerful language feature.
Better Files - Towards a Safe, Sane I O Library in Scala
Explore better-files, a Scala wrapper for Java NIO, enabling simpler and safer I/O operations. Learn about design challenges and different API approaches for efficient file handling.
Scala Goes Native
Explore Scala Native: a new ahead-of-time compiler and lightweight runtime for Scala, expanding its horizons beyond JVM and enabling native development with improved performance.
Scala and the JVM as a Big Data Platform - Lessons from Apache Spark
Explore Scala's advantages for Big Data, focusing on Apache Spark. Learn about JVM optimizations and Spark's Tungsten project for improved performance in data processing.
Akka Streams & Reactive Streams in Action
Dive deep into Akka Streams implementation and Reactive Streams standard. Explore real-life scenarios where back-pressure keeps systems fast and healthy. Applicable to asynchronous programming.
Beyond the Buzzword - A Reactive Web Application in Practice
Practical exploration of building a reactive web application using Play Framework, covering key concepts like Futures, Actors, and Circuit Breakers through live coding and load testing.
Typelevel in 2016
Overview of Typelevel ecosystem in 2016, highlighting project collaborations, community growth, and the Typelevel Scala fork. Explores integrations, new arrivals, and future developments in the Scala landscape.
Dotty Support in IntelliJ IDEA
Explore Dotty's differences from Scala and its support in IntelliJ IDEA, covering type systems, language features, and build processes for Scala developers.
Nightmare Before Best Practices
Horror stories of costly mistakes from overlooking simple best practices in software development. Learn to avoid disastrous consequences and protect your systems.
Perfect Scalability
Explore architectural constraints for near-linear system scalability, examining real-world design approaches, tools, and techniques to achieve extreme load handling and avoid common pitfalls.
Implementing Microservices with Scale and Akka
Explore microservices implementation using Scala and Akka, covering design principles, communication strategies, and reactive software tenets. Learn advanced techniques for crafting scalable, resilient distributed systems.
Data in Motion - Streaming Static Data Efficiently in Akka Persistence
Explore efficient streaming of static data in Akka Persistence, focusing on architecture, implementation, and performance tuning for distributed systems and enterprise applications.
Don't Fear the Implicits - Everything You Need to Know About Typeclasses
Demystifying typeclasses in Scala: learn their purpose, implementation, and practical applications. Overcome fears and leverage this powerful feature for more expressive and flexible code.
Transactional Event Sourcing Using Slick - Audit Log for Free
Explore transactional event sourcing using Slick for SQL databases, offering audit logs and powerful querying. Learn to implement command handlers, read model updates, and event listeners in Scala.
Programming with Futures, Lattices and Quiescence
Explores extending Scala's futures with lattices and quiescence, enabling multiple updates and cyclic dependency resolution. Discusses applications in concurrent static analysis frameworks like OPAL.
Reactive Microservices with Akka and Docker
Explore building elastic and resilient distributed systems using Akka toolkit and Docker, with a focus on creating Reactive microservices through live demonstrations.
Dotty Linker - Precise Types Bring Performance
Explore how advanced type systems drive powerful optimizations in Scala, reducing performance overhead for generic methods, lazy vals, implicit conversions, and closures through the Dotty Linker.
Reactors - Road to Composable Distributed Computing
Explore composable distributed computing with the reactor model, comparing it to actors and showcasing the Reactors.IO framework for building reusable, scalable systems in Scala.
Using Actors for the Internet of Lego Trains
Explore IoT applications using Scala and Akka for Lego trains, comparing remote actors to REST endpoints. Includes live demo of a Raspberry Pi-controlled Lego train system with various IoT components.
@inline and @specialized - What Do They Do? Should I Be Using Them?
Explore @inline and @specialized annotations in Scala, their performance impacts, and usage guidelines. Learn about other useful annotations like @elidable, @strictfp, @switch, and @varargs.
Being Creative with Genetic Algorithms and Typeclasses
Explore genetic algorithms and typeclasses in Scala, demonstrating their power through hands-on examples, testing with ScalaCheck, and creative visual solutions.