Scala Implicits Revisited • Martin Odersky • YOW! 2020

This presentation was recorded at YOW! 2020. #GOTOcon #YOW https://yowcon.com Martin Odersky - Creator of Scala & Professor at EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland RESOURCES https://twitter.com/odersky https://people.epfl.ch/martin.odersky https://www.linkedin.com/in/odersky ABSTRACT I talk about the history of how Scala's implicits evolved, about some of the mistakes we could have avoided in hindsight, and about aspects that I believe we got right. I then present the new system of givens in Scala 3, which replaces implicits. This system fixes most of the existing issues, increases safety and predictability and offers some exciting new possibilities to structure and modularize code. [...] RECOMMENDED BOOKS Martin Odersky • Programming in Scala 5th Edition • https://amzn.to/44rXiaM Joshua D. Suereth • Scala in Depth • https://amzn.to/3QVADk6 https://twitter.com/GOTOcon https://www.linkedin.com/company/goto- https://www.facebook.com/GOTOConferences #Scala #ProgrammingScala #ScalaTutorial #MartinOdersky #SoftwareEngineering #Programming Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket at https://gotopia.tech Sign up for updates and specials at https://gotopia.tech/newsletter SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily. https://www.youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1