This week in #Scala (Apr 21, 2025)

Welcome to the new edition of #ThisWeekInScala!

This blog keeps you updated with the latest Scala and Reactive programming news.

New Content

• Evolving Scala

• API-First Development in Scala

• Whiteboxish Macro Powers with Named Tuples

• Drawing Heighway’s Dragon - Part 3 - Simplification Through Separation of Concerns - Rotation Without Matrix Multiplication

• How Scala is made and how you can help?

• Automating template management process with Scala 3 and Iron

• Tagless Final for Humans

• Do You Even Macro?

• Better Scala Builds with the Mill Build Tool

• Going structural with Named Tuples by Jamie Thompson

• IntelliJ IDEA x Scala: Indentation Syntax

• Adding SVG support to my Haskell CAD Library

Events

• Announcing Scala Days 2025 (Lausanne, Switzerland, 19–21 August 2025)

• The CfP for Scala Days 2025 is now open

• J On the Beach, May 14th - 16th, Malaga, Spain

• CFP for Lambda Days, June 12th-13th 2025, Krakow, Poland

• Scala, Software Architecture, Frontend | Scalendar April 2025

Releases

• Gigahorse 0.9.0 released

• ifdef 0.4.1 released

• zio-dynamodb v1.0.0-RC19 is out

Learning Materials

• Online Courses (MOOCs) from The Scala Center

• Functional Programming in Scala JetBrains course

• Scala 3 Metaprogramming Learning Resources

• The Functional Programming in Scala Course Is Out!

• Functional Declarative Design: A Comprehensive Methodology for Statically-Typed Functional Programming Languages

• Get Programming with Scala by Daniela Sfregola (30% off)

• Play for Scala (30% off)

• Grokking Functional Programming (30% off)

• Functional Programming for Mortals (pay as much as you want)

• Essential Effects by Adam Rosien (20% off)

• Programming in Scala, Fifth Edition

• Functional Event-Driven Architecture: Powered by Scala 3 is now 100% complete

• Zionomicon (code is thisweekinscala)

• Supercharge Scala Future | FP-Tower (50% off)