5 tips to build long lasting Scala OSS
summary
Seven years of work on ScalikeJDBC yields five concrete rules: pick a project worth lifelong maintenance, prefer Java over Scala dependencies to avoid dependency churn, enforce binary compatibility with MiMa, offer targeted cross builds (examples show 2.11 and 2.12 support, preparing 2.13, and a matrix of Scala×JDK combos), and automate CI (Travis CI matrix for compile/test and compatibility checks). A ready sbt project template long-lasting-scala.g8 captures these patterns and boots new libraries.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction and project overview
- 5:22Find your life in project
- 7:12Manage Scala dependencies
- 11:14Ensure binary compatibility
- 14:05Provide cross builds
- 16:11Automate with CI pipelines
- 19:27Template and conclusion
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