Learn Scala - Events

If you are considering Scala or just out to learn more there are two more great opportunities for you. Martin Odersky, the creator of Scala will be doing a Scala teach-in at Skills Matter in London on the 9th June [1]. While at OSCON [2] in Portland, Oregon on the 20 July you will have the opportunity to learn from some of the most experienced Scala folks in the industry.  

Scala Summit, a full day of Scala [2]

It takes place on Tuesday 20 July, a part of OSCON which runs July 19-23, 2010 Portland, Oregon. The day is packed with high value content ranging from basics to advanced use and lots of opportunities to talk to the presenters off-line.

The sessions are: 

• The Seductions of Scala (Dean Wampler)
• Why Scala? (Alex Payne, Twitter)
• Akka: (Jonas Bonér)
• Simple Build Tool(SBT) (Mark Hurrah) 
• Specs & Scala, Tips and Tricks for a Friendly DSL Syntax (Eric Torreborre)
• Lift: Quick and Fun (David Pollak)
• Rewiring Android with Scala (Nathan Hamblen)
• Scala in Practice (Alex Payne, Coda Hale)
• Scala’s Powerful Language Features (Daniel Spiewak)

Scala teach-in at Skills Matter [1]

Martin Odersky will give a scala course at Skills Matter in London UK 09 June 2010. This will be a mixed talk and hands-on, highly interactive course. A rare opportunity to spend 2 days learning about Scala from the man who created it.

"If you are a Systems Architect or a Programmer, and you want to gain skills in functional programming and advanced object-oriented techniques using the Scala programming language, this Scala Workshop is for you!"