Hi All
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Thanks to Jan for the 'Spring and Scala' session and sorry I didn't manage
to talk to you in the pub afterwards. Anyone who can do a talk from 'scala
intro' to 'cake pattern' in less than 90 mins deserves much credit.

Must also give a plug for the weekly scala update blog 'This Week in Scala'
from Cake Solutions, a list of updated apps and interesting blogs and
articles. This weeks can be found
here<http://www.cakesolutions.net/teamblogs/2012/03/02/this-week-in-scala-...>

This month (14th March) we see Ban with how he got on using anti-xml and
Specs2 as part of a project for a client.
The following evening (15th March) is then the monthly Scala Dojo.

*ScalaDays <goog_1922909515>** 2012 <http://days2012.scala-lang.org/>*
(17/18th April)

ScalaDays is coming along nicely, expect to see around 400 other Scala
enthusiasts (almost double the 250 that went last year)

The "Early bird" registrations will be available until 5 March 2012 (ie
this Monday) so if you are still thinking of going and still don't have a
ticket then better act soon, Registration is at
http://days2012.scala-lang.org/registration

The list of 39 speakers for the two-day event are now online at
http://days2012.scala-lang.org/node/92.

Not forgetting keynotes from - Simon-Peyton Jones (Haskell), Guy
Steele(Emacs/Fortress), Anthony Rose (Zeebox) and Martin Odersky
(GJ/Pizza).

*Events*

March
7 A practical introduction to the Scala
language<http://bcs-spa.org/cgi-bin/view/SPA/IntroductionToScala>(FREE,
full at time of writing)
7-9 QCon London <http://qconlondon.com/> (some scala) (3day pay)
14 Miles Sabin's Advanced Scala: Exploiting the Power of
Types<http://underscoreconsulting.com/training>(2day pay)
14 Ben Parker: Testing times with Scala : A TDD journey using
anti-xml<http://www.meetup.com/london-scala/events/52230272/>(FREE)
15 David Pollak's Lift Basics
Workshop<http://skillsmatter.com/course/scala/david-pollak-lift-basics>(1day,
pay)
15 Scala Coding Dojo <http://www.meetup.com/london-scala/events/46587972/>(FREE)
16 Functional Programming eXchange
2012<http://skillsmatter.com/event/scala/functional-programming-exchange-2012>
(1day
pay)
19 Typesafe's Fast Track to
Scala<http://skillsmatter.com/course/scala/object-oriented-meets-functional...>(repeat
jun, sep, dec) (2day pay)
21 Typesafe's Advanced
Scala<http://skillsmatter.com/course/scala/typesafe-advanced-scala>(repeat
jun, sep, dec) (2day pay)

April
16 Typesafe's Fast Track to
Play<http://skillsmatter.com/course/scala/typesafe-fast-track-to-play>(repeat
jun, sep, dec) (1day pay)
17-18 ScalaDays <http://days2012.scala-lang.org/>
2012<http://days2012.scala-lang.org/>(2days, pay)
19 Miles Sabin's Advanced Scala: Exploiting the Power of
Types<http://underscoreconsulting.com/training>(2day pay)
19 Martin Odersky - Scala: An
Introduction<http://www.meetup.com/london-scala/events/43253722/>(FREE)
19 Scala Coding
Dojo<http://www.meetup.com/london-scala/events/bmvrnyqgbzb/>(FREE)

May
3 Progressive Java
Tutorials<http://skillsmatter.com/event/java-jee/progressive-java-tutorials>(some
scala) (2day pay)
17 Scala Coding
Dojo<http://www.meetup.com/london-scala/events/bmvrnyqhbwb/>(FREE)

June
20 Typesafe's Fast Track to
Akka<http://skillsmatter.com/course/scala/typesafe-fast-track-to-akka>(repeat
sep, dec) (2day pay)
21 Scala Coding
Dojo<http://www.meetup.com/london-scala/events/bmvrnyqjbcc/>(FREE)

Two notes on courses, Miles now has a new web site for his course on Adv
Scala <http://underscoreconsulting.com/training/> and Typesafe have 2 new
courses on Play2 and Akka.

*Other Events*

If you live around Brighton then also join Functional
Brighton<http://www.meetup.com/Functional-Brighton/>
.

If beer and java is you thing, take a look at Developer
Sessions<http://www.meetup.com/Londonjavacommunity/events/38847402/>with
the LJC

24-25 May EuroClojure 2012 <http://euroclojure.com/2012/>

As always, If you have anything for me to add to next months for want
to volunteer to do a talk/organise a different event/other ideas, let me
know.

a...@hicks.net