Environment

Scala uses the same environment as java (jvm) but adds additional tools on top, sbt among them.

Learning

Beginner

• https://twitter.github.io/scala_school/index.html
• Effective Scala from twitter - https://twitter.github.io/effectivescala/
• Scala Tour - https://docs.scala-lang.org/tour/tour-of-scala.html
• Scala Overviews - https://docs.scala-lang.org/overviews/index.html
  • https://docs.scala-lang.org/overviews/core/architecture-of-scala-collections.html

Advanced & Expert

• types
  • http://ktoso.github.io/scala-types-of-types/
  • https://medium.com/@sinisalouc/overcoming-type-erasure-in-scala-8f2422070d20
• The Neophyte's Guide to Scala - http://danielwestheide.com/scala/neophytes.html
  • Part 1: Extractors
  • Part 2: Extracting Sequences
  • Part 3: Patterns Everywhere
  • Part 4: Pattern Matching Anonymous Functions
  • Part 5: The Option type
  • Part 6: Error handling with Try
  • Part 7: The Either type
  • Part 8: Welcome to the Future
  • Part 9: Promises and Futures in practice
  • Part 10: Staying DRY with higher-order functions
  • Part 11: Currying and partially applied functions
  • Part 12: Type classes
  • Part 13: Path-dependent types
  • Part 14: The Actor approach to concurrency
  • Part 15: Dealing with Failure in Actor Systems
  • Part 16: Where to go from here

Resources

• against scala
  • Using Scala Will Make You Less Productive - https://grundlefleck.github.io/2013/06/23/using-scala-will-make-you-less-productive.html and reaction at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7458588
  • scala vs kotlin - https://www.codementor.io/jessicathornsby/kotlin-vs-scala-what-should-i-choose-instead-of-java-bwn9axvr8?utm_content=posts&utm_source=sendgrid&utm_medium=email&utm_term=blog-bwn9axvr8&utm_campaign=newsletter20170920