This week in #Scala (Dec 30, 2024)

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New Content

• Scala 2 maintenance plans
• Cats MonadError + SIP-64 Context Bound
• Scala Space in 2025
• What Scala has to offer for Java devs
• Understanding Selective Testing
• How to test a websocket with zio-http 3.0.1
• Purify Your Tests Episode IV: The Monoids Strike Back
• Scala with Cats 2: Alternative implementation of Stream.filter
• On Scala Tooling & Stability: What Can We Learn From a Small Drama?
• The IntelliJ Scala Plugin in 2024

Events

• CFP for Lambda Days, June 12th-13th 2025, Krakow, Poland
• Functional Scala 2024 [Online]
• Scalar 2025 Early Birds!

Releases

• Openapi4s first release
• ZIO 2.1.14 released
• sbt 2.0.0-M3 released
• sbt 1.10.7 released
• Laminar 17.2.0 is out
• raise4s 0.4.0 released
• scala-uri 4.1.0 is available
• Helenus v1.8.1 Released! Now with ZIO integration
• Metals 1.4.2 available

Learning Materials

• Online Courses (MOOCs) from The Scala Center
• Functional Programming in Scala JetBrains course
• Scala 3 Metaprogramming Learning Resources
• The Functional Programming in Scala Course Is Out!
• Functional Declarative Design: A Comprehensive Methodology for Statically-Typed Functional Programming Languages
• Get Programming with Scala by Daniela Sfregola (30% off)
• Play for Scala (30% off)
• Grokking Functional Programming (30% off)
• Functional Programming for Mortals (pay as much as you want)
• Essential Effects by Adam Rosien (20% off)
• Programming in Scala, Fifth Edition
• Functional Event-Driven Architecture: Powered by Scala 3 is now 100% complete
• Zionomicon (code is thisweekinscala)
• Supercharge Scala Future | FP-Tower (50% off)