Name: Designing Simpler Scala Build Tools with Object-Oriented Programming
Start: 2025-11-17T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-11-17T20:00:00-05:00
Location: Workbar

Scala's build tool SBT has always been a pain point for newcomers to the language, but build tools for other languages like Maven or Gradle often aren't any better. This talk will explore why build tooling is fundamentally such a difficult domain to work in, and how common concepts from object-oriented programming have the potential to simplify the build tool experience. We will end with a demonstration of the Mill build tool that makes use of these ideas, proving out the idea that Scala build tooling has the potential to be much faster, safer, and easier than it is today.

(And yes, there will be pizza)

Gordon Cooke

Boston Area Scala Enthusiasts

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Functional Programming

Scala

Li Haoyi graduated from MIT, has built infrastructure for high-growth companies like Dropbox and Databricks, and has been a major contributor to the open source community with over 10,000 stars on Github. Haoyi has deep experience in the JVM and has used it professionally to build cloud infrastructure, distributed backend systems, programming languages, high-performance web applications, and much more.

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