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December 2nd, 2022, ISSUE 458

READING

Grenoble Scala User Group (France)

Do you live in or around Grenoble, work with or are interested in the Scala programming language, and would like to meet others with a similar interest?
Grenoble Scala User Group (@dclinton)
Getting started with Scala.js, Laminar and ScalablyTyped

We build a live-editable bar chart, learning the following skills in the process: Use Laminar for UI development using Functional Reactive Programming (FRP), define components in Laminar as functions manipulating Signals and Updaters, as well as integrate JavaScript libraries with ScalablyTyped.
Sébastien Doeraene (@sjrdoeraene)

VIDEOS

Finagle Tutorial: Twitter's Scala RPC Library

This video is for aspiring Scala developers. As the Scala ecosystem matures and evolves, this is the best time to become a Scala developer, and in this video you will learn the essential tools that you should master to be a good Scala software engineer.
Daniel Ciocîrlan (@rockthejvm)

EVENTS

Scalar 2023, March 23rd-24th, Warsaw, Poland

Your favourite Scala conference is back!
SoftwareMill (@scalarconf)
NEScala 2023 Call to Action

We need volunteers who are willing to put in some real effort to work together and make NEScala 2023 happen. Spread the word!
Justin du Coeur (@jducoeur)
ScalaWAW #25, Dec 6th, Warsaw, Poland

This time we will host guests from Scala Center from Lausanne where Scala was founded, who are going to convince us all to contribute to Scala. To make it even cooler, there's a followup event of the Scala Spree hackathon.
ScalaWAW (@scalawaw)
Scala Spree, Dec 7th, Warsaw, Poland

The focus of Scala Sprees is to introduce newcomers and veterans alike to open source! Come meet contributors of well-known open source Scala projects and learn how you can make your own contribution.
ScalaWAW (@scalawaw)

RELEASES

Iron

Iron is a lightweight library for refined types in Scala 3.
Iron contributors
zio-direct

Direct-Style programming in ZIO based on the Monadless paradigm.
Alexander Ioffe (@deusaquilus)

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