Welcome to the South Africa Scala User Group
	Welcome and thanking you for your interest in joining the South Africa Scala user group. This group was created to help herd together the (scarce) number of Scala users/enthusiasts in South Africa. The vision for this group is to help develop the awareness, skill-level and adoption of Scala in... more » By Mitch Wong Ho  - Jun 22 2011 - 1 message

	Scala book for new guys
	Hi there, For those who have not stumbled across this book yet, it looks like a really good starting book for Scala: [link] Cheers / Totsiens, Jacobus By Jacobus Reyneke  - Apr 21 - 2 new of 2 messages

	Scala Jozi meetup.
	'Hi all, If you are in Gauteng, I've just created a Scala Meetup group. Please have a look at: [link] I am self-employed and working from home, so I might need some help with logistics for meetings and stuff, but that can be sorted out at a later stage. Hope to see you around.... more » By Guillaume Belrose  - Apr 19 - 1 new of 1 message

	Is this group still active?
	Hi all, I am now based in Joburg, working full-time on Scala projects. If enough people are interested, maybe we could start a new meetup. Guillaume. By Guillaume Belrose  - Apr 17 - 4 new of 4 messages

	Online course on Scala by Martin Odersky
	Hi All, If anyone is interested, I noticed that there is an upcoming on line course on Scala available for free from the Coursera site. It will be conducted by Martin Odersky (for those not aware, the creator of Scala). The link is [link] I plan to take the course myself, as I am very much a newbie in Scala.... more » By Mare Geldenhuys  - Aug 29 2012 - 2 new of 2 messages

	ScalaDays 2012.
	Hi all, Just for your information, ScalaDays 2012 is taking place in London. The event started yesterday (17th of April), and finishes today. All presentations so far have been recorded, and you can look at them on the Skillsmatter website: [link]... more » By Guillaume Belrose  - Apr 18 2012 - 2 new of 2 messages

	Play Framework 2.0 and Akka 2.0 join the Typesafe Stack 2.0
	blog.typesafe.com/introducing- typesafe-stack-20 By Mitch Wong Ho  - Mar 14 2012 - 1 new of 1 message

	Scala + Vaadin = Scaladin
	Hi guys Saw this blog about Scala and Vaadin [link] regards Richard. By Richard Kolb  - Mar 5 2012 - 3 new of 3 messages

Newbie Scala user

Hi, I'm a newbie Scala user, having spent the last 14+ years doing mixed Java development. In a recent project, we used the Groovy / Grails combination to try out a dynamic language on Java, and, while I found it to be interesting, bits and pieces felt less mature than I would have expected. Someone suggested I take a look at Scala, as it would fit more into my... more » By Ewald Horn  - Feb 27 2012 - 4 new of 4 messages

	At last, Scala in SA :)
	I asked this question<[link]> quite some time ago on Quora, and was finally referred to this group today: for a while there I thought I was the only Scalar Saffer. I'm a Java architect/developer and have been using Java for > 10 yrs in... more » By Cornel Masson  - Feb 26 2012 - 16 new of 16 messages