local_scala_setup.md

Local Scala setup

Interactive shell

• Scala REPL
• Ammonite
• Jupyter notebook with almond.

Scala development tools

• Scalafmt - Code formatter
• ScalaStyle - Linting tool
• Scalafix - Refactoring and linting tool
• Scalatest - Testing framework
• Scalacheck - Testing framework
• Wartremover. We can also write our own warts

Artifacts fetching

• SBT
• Maven
• Coursier - Through coursier we can install tools like scalafix-cli.

Scala environment managements

• Scalaenv - Manage various scala versions
• sdkman - This can also manage various scala versions.
• Sbtenv - Manage various sbt versions

Scala CICD tools

• Scala steward - Scala Steward is a bot that helps you keep library dependencies and sbt plugins up-to-date. Scala steward github action. You can also run your own instance of Scala Steward for your private repositories. For public repos, we can use the free service provided. More details can be found here

Useful articles

Following links provide a great tutorial to setup scala with Intellij

• Getting started with Scala and Intellij
• Setting up scala project using intellj IDEA and sbt

Following videos, tutorials are for scala good practices.

• Scala good practices youtube video

• 12 Steps To Better Scala

Following are excellent articles on SBT

• Sbt 1.x reference manual
• Essential SBT
• SBT core concepts recent youtube video

Useful libraries

• zio
• cats
• scalaz

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References

• Scala linters