ANN: PDXScala Meeting, Thursday, Dec 17th

We'll be hosting the next meeting of PDXScala (the Portland, Oregon Scala users group) this Thursday, Dec 17th, at AboutUs. We will be starting at 7PM and will be featuring a talk by Trenton Lipscomb on mutable and immutable data structures in Scala.

For those of you who are not familiar with the AboutUs offices, they are located at 107 SE Washington St., Suite 520. You can find the map on Calagator: http://calagator.org/venues/202389972

Building access can be a bit tricky, but if you get there and the door or elevator is locked, you can either call the main AboutUs number (503.914.032) or my mobile number (971.322.9408) and someone will let you in.

I'm looking forward to seeing you all there!

http://calagator.org/events/1250458091

Scala Enthusiasts Dublin (Ireland)

A Scala Dublin Enthusiasts group has just been started. Eager to hear from anyone interested in signing up! ...Even if just an excuse to go to the pub... I mean "network".. :-|

New Google Group link here

Blog here

The Melbourne Scala User Group and the Scandal of the Disappearing Pint

Using his most remarkable powers of deduction, my good friend Holmes had ascertained the precise time and location where the Melbourne Scala User Group was to have its final assemblage for the year. At six-thirty precisely, on Monday the twenty-third of November, we were to present ourselves at the establishment where the various miscreants and cohorts were due to confabulate.

"I quite expect," said he, "that there will be much discourse, jocularity and consumption of beverages. But we must not let down our guards for one instant! Who knows when we might be engaged in the topic of internal DSLs, tail recursion or our plans for Christmas".

"Do you think we'll enjoy ourselves?" I queried.

"Quite so. In fact, I'll wager you half a guinea that we do. It is elementary".

The story continues at...

Melbourne Scala User Group's end of year social pub night.

6:30pm, Monday 23 November

The Sherlock Holmes

415 Collins Street, Melbourne [map]

More info: http://groups.google.com/group/scala-melb

ANN: Portland Scala User Group Meeting - Wed Nov 18th

PDXScala, the Portland, Oregon Scala users group, has recently formed and will be holding an informal gathering Wednesday, Nov 18th, at the Lucky Lab Brew Pub on Hawthorne Blvd. More details, including a map, are available here.

We will be meeting at 7PM, but as this is a very casual event, just show up when you can. Hopefully this event will give people a chance to hear what others in the area are using Scala for or to find out more about why you might want to be using it. We will also discuss plans for future events.

You can also sign up for the group mailing list.

ANN: Melbourne Scala User Group Meeting - Monday 26 October

The Melbourne Scala User Group next meets on Monday the 26th of October. Topics being presented are:

• Monads in Scala
• SXR (Scala XRay) - a compiler plugin for generating browsable source in HTML

The meeting will start at 6:30pm at IBS, Level 2, 476 St Kilda Road. If you want more info, please contact the group.

ANN: Boston Area Scala Enthusiasts group formed

I am excited to announce that a Boston area local user group for Scala enthusiasts has been recently set up.
We are planning to schedule our first meeting very soon, so if you interested in joining us please visit our group page.

Thank you.

ANN: Brisbane Functional Group (BFG) September Meeting

The next Brisbane Functional Group (BFG) is meeting on 15th September, with two talks on Scala.

Firstly Kristian Domagala give us an introduction to Scala:

"In this talk, I will give an introduction to the Scala programming language, including basic syntax, language features, and its relation to Java. I will also show how you can use its functional programming capabilities and static type system to improve the quality and maintainability of your code."

Next up, Tom Adams gives us an overview of building a simple web app using sbt, Scalaz 4, Slinky and Scala Query.

Full details including times & location are available on the meetup page.