This post explains why Scala projects are difficult to maintain. Scala is a powerful programming language that can make certain small teams hyper-productive. Scala can also slow productivity by drowning […]

This post explains how to wrap a Java library with a Scala interface. You can instantiate Java classes directly in Scala, but it’s best to wrap the Java code, so […]

This blog post shows how to serialize and deserialize Scala case classes with the JSON file format. Serialization is important when persisting data to disk or transferring data over the […]

This blog post explains how to read and write JSON with Scala using the uPickle / uJSON library. This library makes it easy to work with JSON files in Scala. […]

Basic filesystem operations have traditionally been complex in Scala. A simple operation like copying a file is a one-liner in some languages like Ruby, but a multi-line / multi-import mess […]

The scalate library makes it easy to use Mustache or SSP templates with Scala. This blog post will show how to use Mustache and SSP templates and compares the different […]

MUnit is a test library with a collection of features that are not available in other Scala testing libraries. MUnit draws inspiration from Scalatest, utest, and ava (JavaScript testing library). […]

Scalatest makes it easy to test your Scala code. This blog post shows how to add Scalatest to a sbt project and write some basic tests. Writing a simple test […]

This post explains the best practices Scala libraries should follow. Here are the most important best practices to follow: Great README Clearly defined API Accessible API documentation Clean JAR file […]