NEScala 2023
Event Overview
NEScala 2023 (Northeast Scala Symposium) was held virtually in October 2023, co-hosted with the Typelevel Summit. This combination brought together the Scala community to discuss functional programming, type-level programming, and the broader Scala ecosystem.
- Conference Website: https://nescala.io/
- Typelevel Summit: https://typelevel.org/event/
- Videos: https://www.youtube.com/@ScalaDays/videos
Conference Structure
Day 1 - Thursday, October 26, 2023
Day 2 - Friday, October 27, 2023
Day 3 - Saturday, October 28, 2023
Key Themes
- Scala 3 adoption and migration
- Typelevel ecosystem (Cats, Cats Effect, http4s, fs2)
- Functional programming patterns
- Effect systems and concurrency
- Build tools and developer experience
- Cross-platform Scala (JVM, JS, Native)
Notable Talks and Sessions
Typelevel Stack
Cats Effect 3: Performance and Patterns
http4s: Building HTTP Services Functionally
fs2: Streaming Data Processing
Scala 3 Features
Exploring Scala 3 Metaprogramming
Union and Intersection Types in Practice
From Scala 2 to Scala 3: Migration Stories
Community and Ecosystem
State of the Typelevel Ecosystem
Building Production Systems with Scala
Resources
- NEScala Archive: https://nescala.io/
- Typelevel Documentation: https://typelevel.org/
- Scala Center: https://scala.epfl.ch/
- Video Recordings: Check Scala Days YouTube channel
About NEScala
NEScala (Northeast Scala Symposium) has been a community-driven Scala conference serving the Northeast US region. The conference is known for its welcoming atmosphere and focus on community building alongside technical content.
About Typelevel Summit
Typelevel Summit brings together users and contributors of the Typelevel ecosystem of purely functional libraries for Scala. The summit focuses on:
- Cats and Cats Effect
- http4s
- fs2
- Doobie
- Circe
- And other Typelevel projects
Registration Information
The virtual format allowed for broader participation from the global Scala community.