LOADING
In this talk, I will cover three key concepts that emerged from reflecting on this past year of learning: making mistakes, helping others to help you and finding community.
Navigating the world of Scala and functional programming as a beginner can feel daunting and intimidating. Over a year ago, I was thrown into learning Scala headfirst.
Now, having come out on the other side, I want to share the lessons I learned with other beginners, as well as what I wish the senior developers I worked with knew.
I started my Scala journey at a corporate bank after graduating with a degree in Physics. So, not only did I have to learn Scala from scratch, but I also had to apply these concepts to a domain I had no prior knowledge of. Initially, I experienced a lot of confusion and frustration, trying to navigate a new language, along with a new job and learn to work in a large team. Thankfully, my experienced Scala colleagues were always there to help me and answer the many, many questions I had.
In this talk, I will cover three key concepts that emerged from reflecting on this past year of learning:
1. Making Mistakes
2. Helping Others to Help You
3. Finding Community
By the end of this talk, I hope that newcomers will feel less alone and more optimistic about diving into the exciting world of Scala, and that experienced developers will gain a better understanding of how to best support their juniors in their learning journey.
The talk explores the recursive structure of Diamond Architecture.
Join me for a fun and possibly opinionated talk about the state of Scala and other JVM languages.
In this talk, I will show how you can use ScalaPy to leverage an excellent NLP library like Spacy, minimizing your discomfort of using Python, and enhancing your comfort with Scala 3 for the remaining parts of your application.
Let's write a game in Scala Native, for Playdate!
