Signify's Sunday Reads - 1st August 2021 Week #1

Happy Sunday! Beginner and intermediate Scala developers, we’ve got you covered this week 😊

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Scala beginners - this one is for you! In this video, Daniel Ciocîrlan covers many of the most useful linear collections in Scala: Seq, List, Array, Vector, Set and Range. You’ll compare them, demonstrate their main APIs and show when to use each. 

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Have you used shapeless with Scala 2? Mike Limansky takes us from Scala 2 Shapeless to Scala 3 in this read. If you’re not familiar with shapeless at all, check out this post for a more thorough explanation. 

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Does the phrase “completions are powered by the presentation compiler” mean anything to you? Don't worry, Chris Kipp wrote this article to serve as An Intro to the Scala Presentation Compiler - what it is, where to find it, and how to use it. 

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In this series called “Tooling Talks, ”Chris Kipp sits down with various developers to discuss Scala tooling. In Tooling Talks Episode 3, we’ll hear from Justin Kaeser!
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