New versons of Elixir, Rust, and more FP news | Lambda World News

• by Jason McClellan
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• December 06, 2021
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• elixir• kotlin• rust• intellij• scala• sbt• 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

Elixir v1.13 | The latest version of the Elixir language includes improvements to its primary API, tooling, and more. Read the full release notes here to see what else is new: Elixir v1.13 released

Rust 1.57.0 | Version 1.57.0 of the Rust programming language adds the option for custom Cargo profiles, stabilizes fallible reservation APIs, and more. Read about it here: Announcing Rust 1.57.0

Compose Multiplatform 1.0 | Version 1.0 of JetBrains’ Compose Multiplatform was just released, making this declarative UI framework for Kotlin ready for use in production. Read all about it here: Compose Multiplatform 1.0 is going live!

IntelliJ Scala Plugin 2021.3 | A new version of the IntelliJ Scala plugin adds Scala 3 support improvements, autocomplete for Scala compiler options, and more. Read more about the new update here: IntelliJ Scala Plugin 2021.3 Is Out!

sbt 1.6.0-RC1 | A release candidate for sbt 1.6.0 brings better JDK 17 support using Scala 2.12.15 and several other new features. Check out what else is new here: sbt 1.6.0-RC1

Ktor 1.6.6 | A new version of the Ktor framework for quickly creating connected applications in Kotlin was recently released. See everything new in the changelog here: Changelog 1.6 version

SUGGESTED READS

Head First Android Development, 3rd Edition by Dawn Griffiths and David Griffiths

UPCOMING EVENTS

Lambda Days
February 10-11, 2022
lambdadays.org

Scala Love
February 11, 2022
CFP

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