What I Wish I'd Known When Learning Scala

Featuring Noel Markham

Creating a Physics Simulation with Scala JS

Featuring Noel Markham

This talk will be an interactive session of writing code, with no slides, to create a basic physics simulation using Scala JS. Starting with a fresh project, youwill create a small Javascript application which allows objects in motion to interact with themselves and their environment. The project...

Introduction to ScalaCheck - Beginner

Featuring Noel Markham

ScalaCheck is an fantastically powerful library, providing a completely different dimension to approach testing APIs and functionality. But ScalaCheck is not a drop-in replacement for other unit testing libraries such as Specs2, ScalaTest or even JUnit - it needs a completely different...

A purely functional approach to building large applications

Featuring Noel Markham

One of the challenges of using a functional language, particularly when coming from an imperative one, is how to work with immutable, fully typed features, and make the most of them.

This talk aims to highlight some useful approaches and patterns to create modular, easily testable applications in...

Scalaz, or: how I learned to stop worrying and love monads

Featuring Noel Markham

The strange syntax and unfamiliar language used in Scalaz can often be a barrier to entry for using it. This session aims to show what value you can get from using Scalaz in your projects, and help to comprehend some of the unusual terminology used.

Scalaz, or: how I learned to stop worrying and love monads

Featuring Noel Markham

The strange syntax and unfamiliar language used in Scalaz can often be a barrier to entry for using Scalaz.