vancouver-scala Google Group

Shutting down...

acru...@gmail.com (Alex Cruise) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:31:01 UT

I'll be shutting down this list soon, but the Vancouver Scala community is
not dead! In fact there's a meeting next week!
Please join this group if you haven't already:
[link]
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Scala meetup tonight!

acru...@gmail.com (Alex Cruise) — Tue, 31 May 2011 21:28:38 UT

Hey folks,
In case you missed it, most of the Vancouver Scala action has migrated over
to [link] .
If you didn't miss it, you probably already know that there's a meeting
tonight. If you hadn't noticed, sorry for the short notice. :)
I might decide to fold up this tent soon, so go over there if you haven't

Re: [vancouver-scala] Looking for Scala Programmers

acru...@gmail.com (Alex Cruise) — Tue, 17 May 2011 21:33:32 UT

Whoops, sorry about the moderation delay! Too many inboxes...
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Looking for Scala Programmers

jus...@rubik.ca (DeLonge) — Mon, 09 May 2011 00:40:24 UT

Rubik is a small cloud building on Scala, Lift, and MongoDB looking
for programmers to join our team. We build applications for logistics,
analytics, and GIS for first responders and transit. Our data
warehouse is built on the Joyent platform and, although any experience
with it isn't necessary, it certainly helps our team with development.

Scala Days 2011: June 2nd & 3rd at Stanford in Palo Alto

acru...@gmail.com (Alex Cruise) — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 22:20:19 UT

Anyone interested in going?
[link]
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New Meetup: Vancouver-Scala on meetup.com

popepalpat...@gmail.com (Paul Lambert) — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 22:43:34 UT

After giving a talk at VanJS this past week, I decided to create a new
meetup for vancouver scala users: [link]
. I like how meetup.com has organized their service, and saw an
opportunity there for this community.

I would really encourage all of you to join. I have tentatively

Re: Learning Scala

art...@gmail.com (Art) — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 06:06:28 UT

Some great advice. Thanks guys! Can't wait to dive in.

-Art

Re: [vancouver-scala] Learning Scala

rodney.git...@gmail.com (Rodney Gitzel) — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 18:37:27 UT

+1 to Project Euler, I've done nearly 80 all in Scala, and it's been an
excellent exercise. The earlier problems are a good way to learn and
practice the Scala collections and looping constructs. The later ones
become less about the language, but will still teach you about Scala memory
limitations and why to not create rilly rilly big Lists. :p

Re: [vancouver-scala] Learning Scala

david.lebl...@gmail.com (Dave LeBlanc) — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 07:20:40 UT

Hi Art, good luck on your journey, I think you'll enjoy it, scala is a
pretty amazing language. It's rare that I actually get real amounts of fun
from programming these days, and Scala has yielded that in droves.
As for challenges, I've found project Euler to be useful, if a little too
mathy at times. Mostly restricting yourself to purely functional

Re: [vancouver-scala] Learning Scala

voron...@gmail.com (Aleksey Vorona) — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 04:13:03 UT

<cut/>
Cascal written by Chris while in EA is definitely not a secret, it is released as open
source: [link]
The rest of the code is secret, I believe. I am one of the developers who take care of
Chris's legacy in EA :) I wish I could talk about that...
<cut/>
-- Aleksey

Re: [vancouver-scala] Learning Scala

popepalpat...@gmail.com (Paul Lambert) — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 20:04:22 UT

Hi Art,
I'm a recent convert myself, so I might be able to help. As far a reading material & tutorials go, "Programming in Scala" really is *the* go to book, it's fantastic. I almost read it cover to cover in the last two weeks which is something I've almost never done with a computer book. The second edition recently came out, so all the 2.8 stuff in there too now: [link]

Re: [vancouver-scala] Learning Scala

acru...@gmail.com (Alex Cruise) — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 03:07:57 UT

Hey folks!
I second the PinS recommendation, it's an exceptional book. Make sure to get
the second edition though.
As for meetings, I'm planning to set up another one soon once 2.9 goes
beta.
If anyone else has a topic they'd like to talk about, I'm all ears! I've
been trying to get Chris Shorrock to tell us about what he's been doing at

Re: [vancouver-scala] Learning Scala

voron...@gmail.com (Aleksey Vorona) — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 02:40:48 UT

Hi! I am starting to feel lonely in the list...
I read Programming in Scala, found it very easy to read and useful. I think it is very
good as the first book on Scala. Never opened second edition, though. Do not know if it is
much different.
Also, keep an eye on the blog at scala-lang.org, sometimes articles on language get

Learning Scala

art...@gmail.com (Art) — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 07:35:10 UT

Hi guys,

I've just started learning Scala over the past week or two. Just
wondering if you guys have some suggestions for tutorials or some
ideas for a problem to solve to really get into the functional mindset
(another thing that's hard to do coming from a Java background).

Also, do you guys have meetups or presentations?

Re: [vancouver-scala] I'm hiring!

acru...@gmail.com (Alex Cruise) — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 04:20:53 UT

Sigh. No, the url was right when I sent it, but someone changed the site
tonight after I specifically asked for that url to be preserved. ;|
Oh well, it's agile! ;)
As for part time, we're not enthusiastic but it would depend on the
candidate.
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