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Scala|Dec 17, 2024

Scala, Bazel, Akka, and monorepos: A technical perspective of monorepo migration

Companies, especially mid-sized and larger ones, face the challenge of structuring projects at scale. Arguably, almost every technology and paradigm can be used by a single developer to write a small piece of code, but obviously, this is not enough for any organization—engineering solutions must allow people from multiple disciplines to develop and maintain the application efficiently throughout the whole application lifecycle.

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Scala|Jul 4, 2024

Scala 3 Roadmap for 2024

As Scala 3 maintainers, VirtusLab has big plans for this year. We have put them all together in a detailed roadmap, specifying the future of Scala 3 in 2024. Read on to learn how we intend to release new versions more often, improve reporting, and enhance the UX of Scala 3 and the tooling.

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Scala|Jul 1, 2024

Scala Long-Term Support retrospective

Scala 3.3.0 was released as the first Long-Term Support (LTS) version in Scala's history. Let's see what happened and what changes occured.

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Scala|Apr 25, 2024

How to build AI apps with Scala 3 and Besom

VirtusLab shows you how to build an AI app with Scala 3 & Besom from scratch.

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Scala|Jun 28, 2023

How to mine Scala 3 compiler metadata using TASTy files

Learn how we leveraged Scala 3's decompiler to mine compiler metadata with TASTy files, streamlining data gathering in 150 code lines.

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Scala|May 12, 2023

The Scala 3 compatibility story

No programming language can succeed long-term without strong stability guarantees. Scala 3 takes this seriously, giving you excellent backward output compatibility and ensuring your code will work in future versions without changes.

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Scala|Mar 22, 2023

What is the difference between Scala runner and Scala CLI

A sneak peek at the new scala runner, Scala CLI, including a comparison to its predecessor and a showcase of the tool.

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Scala|Feb 17, 2023

Revisiting Scala Native performance

We have compared Scala Native performance aspects and memory usage with JVM and Graal Native Image in this article.

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Scala|Feb 15, 2023

How to build a simple Scala application with Bazel

A guide to using Bazel, an artifact-based build system, for Scala developers with an example and step-by-step instructions.

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Scala|Dec 22, 2022

State of Scala survey 2022

The Scala survey 2022 is here and reveals some interesting facts about Scala 2 and Scala 3. Learn how Scala is used and more.

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Scala|Nov 22, 2022

Automatic parallelization of for-comprehensions in Scala 3

A guide on automatically parallelizing effectful code written with for-comprehensions and making the process simple and painless.

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Scala|Nov 7, 2022

Scala Toolkit makes Scala powerful straight out of the box

Update: Tutorials for Scala Toolkit were released on scala-lang page! Learn how to use Toolkit.

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