What the Functor?
In this article, we’ll explore one of the most used (and useful) concepts in pure functional programming: the Functor. Pretty abstract, so buckle up.
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2020 Retrospective (and What’s Coming in 2021)
In this article I’ll wrap 2020 and share a few insights, achievements and changes, and I’ll project some plans for the future of Rock the JVM.
Immutable Doubly Linked Lists in Scala with Call-By-Name and Lazy Values
I’ll show you a technique to use lazy values and call-by-name for recursive value definitions and implement a fully immutable doubly-linked list in Scala.
Scala 3: Path-Dependent Types, Type Projections, Dependent Methods and Functions
This quick tutorial will show you what dependent types are and how they work in Scala 3, along with dependent methods and functions.
Givens vs. Implicits in Scala 3
From the previous article, you know how givens work. Let’s compare them with the old Scala implicits.