Bill Venners

I've had the honor to serve as community representative on the Scala Center Advisory Board for the past six years. At the most recent board meeting, I stepped down to make room for new voices. At my final meeting I gave this parting message on compassion: artima.com/articles/compa…

Make val not var.

@babui_ @odersky Sorry still working on it. Trying to get a PrePrint out very soon.

@heinzkabutz You just noticed that 12 minutes ago?

*sighs* do we have TestNG with assertEquals(actual, expected) and JUnit with assertEquals(expected, actual) ? #Java

@babui_ @philip_schwarz @odersky Ah, that it. I am not yet sure how long it will take to complete, but we will release it as a PrePrint as soon as we get through the update of the 4ed material to Scala 3. I would like to have that out by the end of July.

@odersky @bvenners hello 👋 - how much is known about 'Advanced Programming in Scala'? e.g. is it already being written and by whom? Thanks.

@1badninja @philip_schwarz @ArtimaInc The fifth edition is generally a lot more functional than previous editions. Originally we wrote the book primarily for a Java audience, who had a very imperative mindset. The world has since become more open to functional, so we updated many examples to make them functional.

@philip_schwarz @ArtimaInc Ah, makes sense

Programming in Scala, Fifth Edition, which covers Scala 3, is now in stock and ready to ship! Scala 3 is a major update to the language, and this fifth edition of Programming in Scala is a major rewrite of the book. Get your copy here: artima.com/shop/programmi…

@philip_schwarz @1badninja @ArtimaInc Yes, the For Expressions Revisited chapter will be in Advanced Programming in Scala. I wasn't sure if the word "monad" made an appearance in Programming in Scala, and just searched. The word did not, but the concept got moved much earlier in the book, to Step 12 in Chapter 3.

@1badninja @ArtimaInc IIRC the chapter that mentioned monads was chapter 23 'For Expressions Revisited', and it is probably one of those chapters that will move to the upcoming 'Advanced Programming in Scala' book twitter.com/bvenners/statu…

In episode 30 of the @HappyPathProg podcast, Bruce & I chat with our longtime friend @bvenners about Scala 3 and the updates to his book. anchor.fm/happypathprogr…

We've done a major overhaul to Programming in Scala for Scala 3. We will be sending it to the printer very soon, but there is still time to submit feedback on the PrePrint: artima.com/shop/programmi…

ScalaTest/Scalactic 3.2.9, which includes support for Scala 3.0.0, has been released. Congrats to everyone who worked to bring us Scala 3!

We invite you to read the following statement from the Scala Center team: "The Scala Center Action Towards a More Safe and Respectful Community Environment" scala-lang.org/blog/2021/05/1…

@yifan_xing_e I wanted to say I am very sorry that this happened to you. I'm not sure if you got my messages earlier this week. If that was ScalaDays, then I was in Berlin at that time, and I am hoping I didn't miss a signal from you that you needed help.

Bill Venners is president of Artima, Inc., a consultancy focused on Scala. Bill teaches, writes books, leads OSS projects (like ScalaTest and Scalactic) and evangelizes on Scala. The admired figure in the community, and now one of #ScalaLoveintheCity speakers. Welcome @bvenners

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ScalaTest and Scalactic 3.2.0 is released. The monolith has shattered into modules! scalatest.org/release_notes/…

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