Today we released ScalaTest/Scalactic 3.0.0-M11, which includes a significant reorganization inspired by feedback from the 3.0.0-M10 release two weeks ago.

The 3.0.0 release of ScalaTest is coming soon. It is a major release with significant new features. In this post, I give a preview of the new features, and ask for feedback.

This morning Artima released SuperSafe(TM), a Scala compiler plugin that allows you to configure the Scala compiler to accept a safer subset of Scala for your project.

Use the NEPUZZLERS coupon code to get half off of Scala Puzzlers during the Nescala conference.

Scala Puzzlers, by Andrew Phillips and Nermin Serifovic, is now available in both paper and electronic form.

In the spirit of Thanksgiving we are offering a 25% discount on all Scala books! Just enter the Thanksgiving14 coupon code through Friday.

Scala Puzzlers, by Andrew Phillips and Nermin Serifovic, is a collection of puzzles that provide an entertaining and instructive way to understand the Scala language better.

A combination of bridge methods, covariant return types and dynamic dispatch can lead to some surprising and unfortunate results.

The 2.0.M6 milestone release of ScalaTest is coming soon. It is a major release with many new features. In this post, I give a preview of the new features, and ask for feedback.

This new book explains the big ideas behind ScalaCheck, a property-based testing library for Scala, and shows how to use it effectively to write tests at the higher level of property specifications.

Derek Wyatt's Akka Concurrency is in print and shipping! This book picks up where the Akka documentation leaves off, exploring the how and the why of Akka. It is an entertaining and insightful guide that will teach you how best to program with actors and futures.

Uncertainty is normally seen as something you must either suppress or avoid. Of this many people appear, well, certain. That you should embrace it and use it to help determine schedule and design is not immediately obvious.

The compiletime project is an attempt to better understand the relationship between the use of Scala's features and compile time. This article gives a quick overview of what we've learned so far.

Artima has release a PrePrint edition of Akka Concurrency, by Derek Wyatt. This book aims not only to teach you the ins and outs of Akka, but show you new ways to think about your software--to focus more on the business of your software and less on the concurrency of it.

Artima has release a PrePrint edition of Monadic Design Patterns for the Web, by L. G. Meredith. This book aims to demystify the monad. Using web applications as an example, this book will show you how you can apply monadic design patterns to help you solve practical, real-world programming problems.

In this article you will learn how to get started building web applications with Play 2, Scala, Squeryl, JSON, CoffeeScript, and jQuery. You will also learn how to test the application with ScalaTest and then deploy the application on the cloud with Heroku.