Scala - hix.dev

Scala is a compiled, statically typed general-purpose programming language.

Scala language

According to a Scala’s official website:

Scala combines object-oriented and functional programming in one concise, high-level language. Scala’s static types help avoid bugs in complex applications, and its JVM and JavaScript runtimes let you build high-performance systems with easy access to huge ecosystems of libraries.

Scala was released in 2003, and it’s source code is available on Scala’s official website. Many of Scala’s design decisions are aimed to address criticisms of Java.

Frameworks

Maven

Maven is a build/project management tool, that make adding new libraries and modules to existing project easy. It favours "convention over configuration", and can simplify your work with Scala.

Martin Odersky

Scala was created by Martin Odersky and his research group in Scala Center at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne.

Styleguides

Scalafix

Scalafix is the most popular Scala linting and refactoring tool. It catches common mistakes and improves the Scala code.

Scalafmt

Scalafmt is a gold standard code formatter for Scala programming language. It fixes the code stylistics errors.

Version Managers

The following allows you to manage multiple Scala versions on a single operating system

`sbt`

sbt is a build tool for Scala. It provides an easy way to specify which Scala version your project is supposed to be built/compiled against before running.