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Got a few questions on Scala implicits? Filip Krikava at ScalaIO answered all those niggling queries you wanted to ask but just weren't quite sure how! Everything you ever wanted to know about Scala implicits, but weren't sure how to ask Since Scala 2.0 the language contains implicit definitions. On the one hand, they provide a convenient way to implement certain language fe...

Explore shared data objects and validation logic! Co-Founder of Groosker and Scala Consultant, Trond Bjerkestrand gave us the full insight into Full Stack Scala at Scala Days 2018. Check out how you can create awesome rich front-ends. Full Stack Scala Demand for a richer experience client side is continuously increasing. We can no longer generate HTML server side and will in...

Happy Easter and Happy Sunday! We hope you're ready for another edition of our top Functional Programming picks, this week we have conference talk re-caps, monad learns and much more, happy reading. Sunday Reads Our first post is from John Hughes, Co-Designer Of Haskell And Quickcheck, at Lambda Days. The post is John's talk called Building on Developers' intutitions to crea...

Amsterdam is a beautiful city with a relaxed and easy-going atmosphere where you can fully expect a positive work-life balance. Therefore, why wouldn’t you want to take up a new opportunity where you can welcome culture and creativity into your daily lifestyle. However, whether you’re currently looking to make the decision to relocate to The Netherlands or you already live t...

Find out how you can reduce errors in Scala. This is a dream talk for programmers as all those things that frustrate you such as wrapper types and refined types, Noel Welsh and Adam Rosien taught us how to avoid at Scala Days Berlin. Have a watch! Strings are Evil: Methods to hide the use of primitive types Most primitive types we use are "too wide" for how we are using them...

Need to know about adjunctions? It's a category theory concept underlying lots of things in Functional Programming and you'll see in this talk by Rúnar Bjarnason from Lambda World 2018 just how much adjoint functors arise! Adjunctions in Everyday Life This talk introduces adjunctions, a category theory concept underlying and unifying a lot of things we take for granted in fu...

What are type bounds used in Scala for? They give us the benefit of type-safe application development and help us define the limits of a Type Variable! Want to know more? Check out this article by Software Consultant, Ayush Hooda and get in the know about type bounds! 'As we have already discussed in my last blog about the Type Parameterization concepts like Generics, Generi...

How can you meet the demands of the digital future? Co-Founder of Confluent, Neha Narkhede takes us on a journey to find out how KSQL, Connect, and the Streams API with Apache Kafka capture the entire scope of what it means to put real time into practice. Journey to a Real Time Enterprise There is a monumental shift happening in how data powers a company's core business. Thi...

Let's go back to basics with Scala! Software Engineer, Durga Prasana helps us learn the Scala essentials from start to finish. Want to brush up on your skills? Or new to Scala Programming? Check it out and get learning. 'Scala is a general purpose, high-level programming language that offers a balance between developing functional and object-oriented programs. What is functi...

The framework Spark can bring a new life to Scala programming! Do you want to know how it can be implemented for data when using Scala? Check out this talk by Engineer, Brian Clapper from Scala World 2017 and you'll be Spark sufficient by the end. Spark for Scala Developers This talk was given by Brian Clapper at Scala World 2017.