This year the Scala team will apply for the Google Summer of Code program to work with enthusiastic students on challenging Scala projects! Google invites students to come up with interesting, non-trivial problems for their favourite open-source ... [read more]

Getting started with any programming language is a daunting task, let alone getting your workstation in a state to create a non-trivial application. I spent a few days reading and trying many Scala tools and libraries. I use ... [read more]

JDC-2010 takes place 27 February in Nasr City, Aswan, Egypt  and has been promoted by the EGJUG, one of the most active user groups in the Middle East. This year Scala, an "emerging language" is being presented by Hossam Karim, a Senior Technical ... [read more]

NFJS - No Fluff Just Stuff Software Symposiums are recognised to be world class events where you can learn about the latest technology, improve your skills and meet the experts. This year there are a series of local events centred around Enterpri ... [read more]

A full complement of research papers is in, many practical technical talks have already been proposed and the participant registration is already growing. Scala Days is a unique opportunity for you to meet the Scala development team, meet Martin ... [read more]

After many months of hard work, the Scala Team is proud to release the first beta of the much-awaited new Scala 2.8! Scala 2.8.0 Beta 1 is now available from our Download Page. It includes a huge number of bug fixes with respect to 2.7.7, and man ... [read more]

The past couple of years have seen some extended debates on whether Scala is a functional language. On the one hand, Scala offers essentially all programming constructs typically associated with functional programming and a lot of Scala code is p ... [read more]

The Scala Days 2010 event is getting closer, and we are now busy organizing all the details. We received many compelling submissions for the First Scala Workshop, and all the signs point to a great upcoming event. We just opened the new Scala Day ... [read more]

Those long dark winter nights need filling, so you made a New Year resolution to learn a new language, maybe Scala, or improve your programming skill. A worthy idea and to help you, here is a set of puzzles to challenge the professional Scala pr ... [read more]

A new release of Akka is available. Akka is an Actors-based framework that, in the author's words, enables "Simpler Scalability, Fault-Tolerance, Concurrency & Remoting through Actors". Akka has both a Scala API and a Java API. [read more]

A Scala Dublin Enthusiasts group has just been started. Eager to hear from anyone interested in signing up! ...Even if just an excuse to go to the pub... I mean "network".. :-| [read more]

PDXScala, the Portland, Oregon Scala users group, has recently formed and will be holding an informal gathering Wednesday, Nov 18th, at the Lucky Lab Brew Pub on Hawthorne Blvd. More details, including a map, are available here. [read more]

A new resource is available for all the Scala enthusiasts: the Scala Shop! With a great assortment of Scala-branded shirts, mugs, hats, buttons, stickers, and other items, you will certainly find something appropriate for all of your Scala mercha ... [read more]

Bill Venners, President of Artima has announced the availability of ScalaTest 1.0, an open source application for concisely creating test code for Java platform based applications that can run on multiple processor cores for parallel testing. [read more]

We are two weeks away from the exciting Scala LiftOff Conference happening in Reston, VA on Friday, October 30th from 9:00 am EST to 5:00 pm EST. This conference includes a keynote by Martin Odersky, and catered lunch! [read more]