Scala  eXchange  2013  

Report  from  biggest  European  Scala  conference  of  the  year  

Developer  Conference  First  

•  h@p://skillsma@er.com/event/scala/scala-­‐exchange-­‐2013  

•  Twi@er:  #ScalaX  •  Organized  by:  h@p://skillsma@er.com/  

Venue,  Schedule,  Atmosphere  =  Great  

General  Themes  

•  Scala  for  distributed  systems    

•  Scala  isn’t  complex,  if  you  are  moSvated  

•  Scala  is  gaining  massive  popularity  

Personal  Highlights  of  Day  One  •  Lenses:  Composi,onal  Data  Access  and  Manipula,on  by  Simon  Peyton  h@p://skillsma@er.com/podcast/scala/simon-­‐peyton-­‐jones  

•  Akka  in  Prac,se  by  Raymond  Roestenburg  h@p://skillsma@er.com/podcast/scala/akka-­‐in-­‐pracSse-­‐designing-­‐actor-­‐based-­‐applicaSons  

•  Failure:  Deal  with  it!  –  Victor  Klang  h@p://skillsma@er.com/podcast/scala/viktor-­‐klang  

•  What  Are  Macros  Good  For?  -­‐  Eugene  Burmako  h@p://skillsma@er.com/podcast/scala/what-­‐are-­‐macros-­‐good-­‐for  

 

Personal  Highlights  of  Day  Two  

•  The  Road  to  Akka  Cluster  and  Beyond  –  Jonas  Boner  h@p://skillsma@er.com/podcast/scala/jonas-­‐boner  

•  #Moody  Tweets  –  Jan  Machacek  h@p://skillsma@er.com/podcast/scala/moody-­‐tweets  

•  Rethinking  the  Debugger  –  Iulian  Dragos  h@p://skillsma@er.com/podcast/scala/iulian-­‐dragos  

•  Hidden  Gems  of  ScalaTest  2.0  –  Bill  Veners  h@p://skillsma@er.com/podcast/scala/bill-­‐venners  

Next  Year  

•  8  –  9  December  2014  •  195  GPB  +  VAT  

•  Highly  recommended