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Scala Space @scalaspace.bsky.social · 4d

This concludes our Ox feature tour - hope you've enjoyed it as much as we did!

If you feel a feature is missing, or if you have a suggestion for an integration, just create an issue, we'll be happy to assist:
github.com/softwaremil...

GitHub - softwaremill/ox: Safe direct-style streaming, concurrency and resiliency for Scala on the JVM

Safe direct-style streaming, concurrency and resiliency for Scala on the JVM - softwaremill/ox

github.com

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Scala Space @scalaspace.bsky.social · 5d

More in the docs:
ox.softwaremill.com/latest/inte...

And/or, check out our OpenTelemtry-enabled application template, written using direct-style & Ox:
github.com/softwaremil...

GitHub - softwaremill/bootzooka: Template project to quickly start developing a Scala-based microservice or web application, with the build & project structure provided

Template project to quickly start developing a Scala-based microservice or web application, with the build & project structure provided - softwaremill/bootzooka

github.com

Scala Space @scalaspace.bsky.social · 5d

Ox feature tour, day 19: because it's direct style, integration with OpenTelemetry (metrics+logging+tracing) "just works"! To propagate tracing context inside concurrency scopes, you only need a single switch at your top-level `OxApp`!

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Scala Space @scalaspace.bsky.social · 6d

🌏 You can find more information on the Tooling Spree website at scalameta.org/scala-tooli....
📨 In case of issues or questions feel free to email us at [email protected].

Scala Tooling Spree | Scala Tooling Spree

Home page for Scala tooling spree initiative

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Scala Space @scalaspace.bsky.social · 6d

🛠️ Next Scala Tooling Spree is coming up.
🗓️ It will take place on 09.10 17:30-19:30 CET.
✍️ If you'd like to participate please register by 7th here:
forms.gle/yUurzS2KiM2...

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Scala Space @scalaspace.bsky.social · 10d

More in the docs:
ox.softwaremill.com/latest/util...

Scala Space @scalaspace.bsky.social · 10d

Ox feature tour, day 18: `.pipe` and `.tap`, even extremely simple, are suprisingly useful! And there's no overhead: these are inline methods, hence a "zero-cost abstraction". Bonus: discover the `debug`, `.discar` and `.tapException` methods!

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Scala Space @scalaspace.bsky.social · 11d

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Scala Space @scalaspace.bsky.social · 11d

Ox feature tour, day 17: converting exceptions to `Either`s, and vice versa is trivial thanks to the inline `.catching[]` and `.orThrow` methods. A panic at one level, might become an expected error at another!

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Scala Space @scalaspace.bsky.social · 12d

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Scala Space @scalaspace.bsky.social · 12d

Ox feature tour, day 16: we propose error handling based on "panics" (exceptions) and "expected" errors, represented as Eithers. Working with the lattter is ergonomic thanks to Scala's boundary/break, and its Ox-provided specialization to Eithers using `either: and `.ok()`

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Scala Space @scalaspace.bsky.social · 17d

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Scala Space @scalaspace.bsky.social · 17d

Ox feature tour, day 15: Flows provide integration with Kafka, allowing one to implement the common publish-then-commit pattern using an elegant high-level, functional API.

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Scala Space @scalaspace.bsky.social · 18d

More, in the docs:
ox.softwaremill.com/latest/stre...

Scala Space @scalaspace.bsky.social · 18d

Ox feature tour, day 14: declarative concurrency in flows - virtual threads are started (and terminated on error) safely, without ever needing to touch concurrency scopes! Signalling an error is as easy as throwing an exception.

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Scala Space @scalaspace.bsky.social · 19d

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Scala Space @scalaspace.bsky.social · 19d

Ox feature tour, day 13: flows provide I/O integration, declarative concurrency, and reactive streams compatibility!

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Scala Space @scalaspace.bsky.social · 20d

(2/2) > With these new features, Wasm has much better support for compiling high-level programming languages. Enabled by this, we have seen various new languages popping up to target Wasm, such as Java, OCaml, Scala, Kotlin, Scheme, or Dart, all of which use the new GC feature.

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Scala Space @scalaspace.bsky.social · 20d

Wasm 3.0 is completed, with major new features like GC and exception handling! Scala is now acknowledged as a language that compiles to WebAssembly 🚀
webassembly.org/news/2025-0...
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#Wasm #Scala

Wasm 3.0 Completed - WebAssembly

WebAssembly (abbreviated Wasm) is a binary instruction format for a stack-based virtual machine. Wasm is designed as a portable compilation target for programming languages, enabling deployment on the web for client and server applications.

webassembly.org

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Scala Space @scalaspace.bsky.social · 20d

(2/2) Read more about the change in the new blog post at www.scala-lang.org/news/new-sc...

A new repository for Scala nightlies

www.scala-lang.org

Scala Space @scalaspace.bsky.social · 20d

Interested to try living on the bleeding edge nightly versions of Scala?
A new repository to which Scala nightly versions has been introduced.
You can now find all Scala nightly versions (including Scala 3 Next, 3.3 LTS, 2.12 and 2.13) under repo.scala-lang.org/
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Scala Space @scalaspace.bsky.social · 24d

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Scala Space @scalaspace.bsky.social · 24d

Ox feature tour, day 12: describe data streaming using operators you know and love from Akka Streams or FS2, using direct-style (no Futures or other wrappers!)

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Scala Space @scalaspace.bsky.social · 25d

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Scala Space @scalaspace.bsky.social · 25d

Ox feature tour, day 11: select exactly one clause to complete from a number of channels.

This is the select you might know from Go: complementing the goroutine equivalent - forks (virtual threads) within a concurrency scope

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