Tales of Scala's 1001 Styles
summary
A Scala style-and-standards talk about making team-wide formatting rules (e.g., two-space indentation, brace rules) and reviewing them regularly. It describes using tools—scalafmt plus sbt and .editorconfig—to enforce consistency, reduce friction and help hiring, shows real examples of problematic symbolic APIs that break onboarding, and recommends documenting design intent so APIs explain their purpose and use.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Start
- 1:11Aesthetics
- 2:13The indentation war
- 7:39Individualism
- 11:15The old Java developer discovering Scala
- 17:27Social convention
- 18:12The team that adapted its style to available hires
- 26:55Adapt
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