Lambda World News | Functional Programming Headlines for the week of April 19th, 2021
by Jason McClellan- •
- April 19, 2021
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- scala• kotlin• elixir• lambda world• functional programming
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- 2 minutes to read.
Here’s a quick look from Lambda World News at some of the recent items making news in the Functional Programming community.
NEWS
Kotlin 1.5.0-RC
| Kotlin 1.5.0-RC adds updates to the standard library, an improved testing library, and more. Read about the changes here: Kotlin 1.5.0-RC
Scala 3 RC3
| Bugs identified in Scala 3 RC2 necessitate an RC3 release. Read more about it here: Scala 3 RC3
“Programming as a kid” study
| A new study is exploring programmers who taught themselves programming as a kid. If you’re interested in participating, read more about it here: “Programming as a kid” study
Livebook
| Livebook was just released. This is an open source web application for writing interactive and collaborative code notebooks in Elixir and implemented with Phoenix LiveView. Read more about it here: Livebook
SUGGESTED READS
Pure functional HTTP APIs in Scala by Jens Grassel
Data-Oriented Programming by Yehonathan Sharvit
UPCOMING EVENTS
Scala 3 Release Party
April 23rd, 2021
scala3party.sphere.it/
ScalaCon
May 18th-21st, 2021
scalacon.org
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