prathviraj080 / scalahandson

Introduction to Scala Workshop

Scala Hands-on Lab

Welcome to Scala Hands-on lab repository.

Here you will find all the necessary things to get started with Scala Hands-on Lab program.

Prerequisites

Scala

• We would be using scala version 2.11.8. You can download the binaries from https://www.scala-lang.org/download/2.11.8.html

• Scala 2.11.8 needs JDK6 to be minimum. Please make sure you have JDK6 or greater installed.

• Please set the environement variables set to the bin folder. On my linux system, my ~/.bashrc file has the following lines in the end:

export SCALA=/home/puri/awesome/scala/scala-2.11.8/bin
export PATH=$PATH:$SCALA

SBT

• Download the latest version of SBT from http://www.scala-sbt.org/download.html

• Please set the environemnt variables set to the bin folder.

IDE

We do not intend to start IDE wars. You are free to use any IDE/Editor of your choice. But because it is a beginner workshop, we using Intellij Idea. Intellij is a fantastic IDE:

• IntelliJ IDEA

  • Community/Ultimate version

In case you are using the community edition of intellij, Scala plugin would have to be explicitly enabled. You can follow the instructions at: https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/2016.3/enabling-and-disabling-plugins.html For Ultiamte edition, nothing explicit to be done.

Setup

• Please clone this project locally on your local system

• We will setup the project in your ide during the workshop