This week in #Scala (May 8, 2023)

Welcome to the new edition of #ThisWeekInScala!

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

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New Content

• Scala 3.3 LTS is coming
• sbt Plugins Community Repository
• Build your vocabulary with Scala affixes
• Another two cents about the current situation with the Scala user base and economics.
• Introduction to Scala Development using VS Code
• Setting up CORS & CSRF on Http4s
• One and Done: Embrace single-file JVM apps for speedy development
• Rapid JVM apps development: Industry’s adoption
• Accumulate errors with typelevel cats
• Fixing-up Production with Property-based Testing
• Scala.js Interoperability with TypeScript/JavaScript
• Kotlin Coroutines to Cats-Effect
• zio-channel, a construct that provides a meeting point for two fibers to communicate
• Zymposium — ZIO Q&A

Events

• LambdaConf returns Sept 16–19th and is better than ever! (Call For Proposals and Call for Volunteers)
• ZIO World 2023 (Lisbon, April 21st) (+ Call For Proposals)
• ScalaDays tickets are on sale!
• Functional Scala 2023 (London, Nov 30) (Code: ThisWeekInScala10OFF) (+ Call For Proposals)
• CFP: ScalaMatsuri (Online event, April 15th-16th 2023)
• NEScala 2023 Call to Action
• ZIO Hackathon, Scotland (in-person and online)
• ZIO Hackathon, Colorado, USA (in-person & online)

Releases

• tapir 1.3.0 released
• Slick 3.5.0-M3 has been released
• kmq 0.3.1 available
• zio-elasticsearch 0.1.0 is out
• ducktape 0.1.6 is out — now with Fallible Transformers and cross-compilation to Scala.js and Native!
• sbt 1.9.0-RC1 released
• Metals v0.11.12 available

Learning Materials