Hmm... (null: String).+("Foo") yields "nullFoo", but the Scala specification says that: > A reference to any other member of the "null" object causes a NullPointerException to be thrown. Should we update the spec?

Meet IntelliJScala @ Scala Love in the City blog.jetbrains.com/scala/2021/02/…

Thanks to our amazing sponsors JetBrains 👏 We are having the best time at Scala Love ❤️ 🥳

Everyone, please join our keynote performed by Martin Odersky, EPFL professor and the creator of #Scala.

It's Over 9000!

Three pages I keep bookmarked about latency: • pavelfatin.com/typing-with-pl… from Pavel Fatin • youtube.com/watch?v=vOvQCP… from MSFTResearch • inkandswitch.com/slow-software.… from Ink & Switch

IntelliJ Scala Plugin 2021.1 Is Out! • Kinds in type diffs • Machine learning completion • Phases and units in compilation charts • Scala 3.0.0-RC2 support • IntelliJ Platform plugin template • And more! blog.jetbrains.com/scala/2021/04/…

Improve your #scala compilation times and get more time in the day. Using IntelliJ Scala's new Compilation charts. stephenn.com/2021/04/improv…

🎺🎺🎺 After 8 years of work, 28,000 commits, 7,400 pull requests, 4,100 closed issues – Scala 3 is finally out! Read more here: scala-lang.org/blog/2021/05/1…

Did you know: the Scala plugin adds Martin Odersky to IntelliJ IDEA, a JetBrains IDE dictionary: github.com/JetBrains/inte…

IntelliJ Scala Plugin 2021.2 Is Out! • Better Scala 3 support • -Xsource:3 option in Scala 2 • Package Search for sbt • Compiler-based highlighting • And more! blog.jetbrains.com/scala/2021/07/…

Got a new #NodeMCU #ESP32_C3 (@AiThinker3) board with a #RISCV processor, in addition to the classic #ESP8266 (John Lee) board.

Please help us to find Scala 3 projects for testing. Reply with links to real-world projects that actually use Scala 3 features. Use likes to vote.

This is probably the most hilarious type inference bug so far: youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/SCL-19643

80386DX ISA single board microcomputer: alexandrugroza.ro/microelectroni… - an awesome project, now I feel like doing that myself :)

IntelliJ Scala plugin 2021.3 is here ✨! - Scala 3 support improvements - Open cross-compiled projects as Scala 2 - Data flow analysis for Scala - Autocomplete for Scala compiler options - Inlay hints for ranges 👉 blog.jetbrains.com/scala/2021/11/…

Oh, wow, this Advent calendar looks like #AdventOfCode! There ought to be Kotlin and Scala along the way.

We are very proud to announce the LEGO Group's first OSS library release — Woof github.com/LEGO/woof, a small Scala 3 logging library 🎉 link.medium.com/Ec3Qjx4Y1lb Do we have any #Scala users out there? 👋

The discussion about Rust extension traits, greppability and IDEs - news.ycombinator.com/item?id=301268… is just as relevant for Scala: youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/SCL-19911, youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/SCL-19913

Did you know: in Scala, everything is an alias :) If you're using the IntelliJ Scala plugin nightly builds, you should now be able to navigate to classes like String, Seq, List, Set, or Map directly. (More info: youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/SCL-19928)