Scala reaches a new milestone today, as we are happy and proud to release the first Release Candidate of the new and much-anticipated version of Scala: version 2.7.2.RC1.

To celebrate this new landmark, we are also rolling out a new website for the Scala language. As a further addition, the Eclipse Scala plugin contributors are also releasing the first stable release of their code, aligned with Scala 2.7.2.RC1. Read below to find out more about the new Scala release.

The new website finally goes live! After many weeks of work, the Scala Team is proud to announce a new and considerably improved website for the Scala programming language. The existing content has been reorganized and updated, and finding the desired information should now be much easier. We consider the current configuration the starting point for many future improvements, some of which are already in the pipeline.

The new system is also more interactive; we hope that you will consider registering and leaving your comments to our stories, or contributing Scala-related stories of interest to the community. Please let us know what you think of the new system!

Introduction

This tutorial briefly walks you through writing a plugin for the Scala compiler. It does not go into depth, but just shows you the very basics needed to write a plugin and hook it into the Scala compiler. For the details on how to make your plugin accomplish some task, you must consult other documentation. At the time of writing, your best option is to look at other plugins and to study existing phases within the compiler source code.

The new server for the scala-lang.org website is now under active development. This is the initial post on the new system.