New York Scala Enthusiasts

Scala is a programming language with an advanced type system that compiles into bytecode for widely used virtual machines. We host technical meetups on intermediate and advanced topics in the language, as well as workshops for Scala Types of any skill level.

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February 13 at 7:00 PM, 70 Scala Types attended
Option[Scala]: Adding Scala to your company's software stack
They rated it 4.5011 (11 ratings) and uploaded 1 photos

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I am attempting to introduce scala into our technology stack Hoping for a breakthrough by middle of this year

—Rajkumar Vakkada

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Q&A format was good, but would have been nice for each panelist to summarize their company's overall architecture and the role o ...

—Willie D
January 10 at 6:30 PM, 60 Scala Types attended
ScalaTest 2.0 Show & Tell
They rated it 5.009 (9 ratings) and uploaded 2 photos

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Bill was very informative - learned a lot about the upcoming Scala Test features. ...

—Steve Levine

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Interesting talk by both presenters. As a scalatest user, I'm excited for the features coming up in 2.0!

—Andrew Warner
November 29, 2011 at 6:30 PM, 40 Scala Types attended
Workshop: Collaborative Drawing
They rated it 5.003 (3 ratings) and uploaded 5 photos

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I liked the format of splitting into groups and hacking together a project. ...

—Andrew Warner

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Thanks again to the group leaders and everyone who participated! ...

—Nathan Hamblen
September 27, 2011 at 6:30 PM, 52 Scala Types attended
Building Network Services with Finagle and Ostrich
They rated it 5.005 (5 ratings) and uploaded 1 photos

Blake Matheny will speak about Tumblr's use of Finagle and Ostrich, and how to get started with them yourself. This will be NY Scala's first-ever talk focused on... Learn more
August 16, 2011 at 6:30 PM, 60 Scala Types attended
Workshop: Build an Image Processing Server
They rated it 5.0016 (16 ratings) and uploaded 6 photos

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This meetup really reignited my enthusiasm for the language and this community. ...

—Nikolai Avteniev

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I am really happy with events like this because having a semi structured group project or goal is one of the best ways to learn as a begi ...

—John K. Paul

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Viiveek Sankar commented on Option[Scala]: Adding Scala to your company's software stack
Tuesday at 3:35 PM

"I head this session was good. Wasn't able to get in since it was full. Any chance of seeing this again soon"

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Nathan Hamblen commented on Option[Scala]: Adding Scala to your company's software stack
February 15 at 9:05 AM

"Also, the video of the panel is up: https://vimeo.com/36813452"

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Nathan Hamblen commented on Option[Scala]: Adding Scala to your company's software stack
February 15 at 9:03 AM

"I'd say that internal software worked on by many people is necessarily more conservative than a classic open source project, where a few people craft the entire codebase around a particular vision...."

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Eric Pederson commented on Option[Scala]: Adding Scala to your company's software stack
February 14 at 8:32 PM

"A followup question for the panel and for the group. What Scala open-source projects would you recommend studying the code of?..."

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Rajkumar Vakkada wrote a group review
February 14 at 8:23 PM

"Excellent and friendly community"
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Rajkumar Vakkada attended Option[Scala]: Adding Scala to your company's software stack
February 14 at 8:23 PM

"I am attempting to introduce scala into our technology stack Hoping for a breakthrough by middle of this year"

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Updtr Eng started experienced server side engineer for updater.com
February 14 at 5:59 PM

"updater.com is looking for an experience server side engineer. we're a scala/lift shop but will consider java experts with some scala experience or are interested in learning scala able to work independently able to work with non-technical staf..."

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