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General questions

  1. Who is responsible for Scala?
  2. How stable are Scala applications?
  3. What JRE should I use to run Scala?
  4. Under which license is Scala available?
  5. How can I distribute a Scala application?
  6. Where do I get the newest version with all the cool bleeding-edge stuff?
  7. What do I need to know about class-loaders?
  8. Where can I search for documentation and articles about Scala?
  9. Why are monads useful in Scala?
  10. How is "Scala" pronounced?

The Scala language

  1. How do I write a loop?
  2. How do I use exceptions?
  3. What is the difference between a case and a normal class?
  4. Why can't I use the word "scala" in my package names?
  5. How do I use Tuples?
  6. How do I use Maps?
  7. How do I use Lists?
  8. How do I specify Preconditions, Assertions and Unrecoverable errors?
  9. How do I access and update an Array?
  10. Can I use the fancy method syntax for array access in my code, too?
  11. What's the difference between a lazy argument, a no-arg function argument, and a lazy value?
  12. I'm a Java programmer. How do I learn Scala?

The Scala API

  1. How do I use Enumerations?
  2. scala.testing.SUnit example

Types

  1. How can I return either type A or type B?

Using Scala and Java together

  1. Can I use Java classes from within my Scala code?
  2. Can I use Scala classes from within my Java code?
  3. I cannot access static members of a Java class via a subclass
  4. How to deal with Java class members having a name that is a reseverd word in Scala?
  5. How do I organize mixed Java and Scala projects?

Developing Scala

  1. Why does building Scala on OS X fail?
  2. How do I use Maven to build Scala projects?

Using XML in Scala

  1. How to make Scala write JavaScript to XHTML?
  2. Why are CDATA nodes not preserved?

 
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