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The Chicago-Area Scala Enthusiasts (CASE) Meetup Group

Events coming up

• Dec 18

  The Chicago-Area Scala Enthusiasts (CASE) December Meetup

  Chicago, United States

  Our 8th monthly meeting at ThoughtWorks. Meeting Topic: Son of DSLs and Dishing of the Dirt from the Scala Lift Off East David Orme will talk about some DSL's he's implemented. It should be a nice follow up to the intro to DSLs I did a few months ago. Also, he attended the Scala Lift Off East in Reston, VA, so he'll dish the dirt.

Past events

• The Chicago-Area Scala Enthusiasts (CASE) November Meetup

  Fri, 20 Nov 2009, 00:00 - 02:00 in Chicago, United States

  Our 8th monthly meeting at ThoughtWorks. Meeting Topic: Lightnin' Talks We have two talks for the meeting. Bill Pollack is going to talk about two small projects he's done in Scala. One is a Sudoku solver using actors and the other is a tool he wrote at work to process XML files. Then, new member Josh Cough will tell us about using sbt (Simple Build Tool) and ScalaTest for projects. (Corrected: I mistyped "Scala Build Tool" previously.

• The Chicago-Area Scala Enthusiasts (CASE) October Meetup

  15-16 Oct 2009 in Chicago, United States

  Our 7th meeting, at ThoughtWorks. Meeting Topic: Scala's Type System Bring your hip waders as we deep dive into Scala Type System. Discover the difference between variance and type bounds, how Scala's type system compares to Java's, etc. Note: You must RSVP with a real name so we can give your name to Aon security in order to enter the building after normal working hours. Please do so by noon so we can order Pizza. Thanks! Send your suggested topics for future meetings to the mailing list .

• The Chicago-Area Scala Enthusiasts (CASE) September Meetup

  17-18 Sep 2009 in Chicago, United States

  Our 6th meeting, at ThoughtWorks. Meeting Topic: Hands-On Exercises It's been a few months since did exercises. Send your suggested topics to the mailing list. By the way, my O'Reilly book is essentially complete. It's now going through the editing process Programming Scala. Note: You must RSVP with a real name so we can give your name to Aon security in order to enter the building after normal working hours. Please do so by noon so we can order Pizza. Thanks!

• The Chicago-Area Scala Enthusiasts (CASE) August Meetup

  20-21 Aug 2009 in Chicago, United States

  Our 6th meeting, at ThoughtWorks. Meeting Topic: Hands-On ExercisesIt's been a few months since did exercises. Send your suggested topics to the mailing list.By the way, my O'Reilly book is essentially complete. It's now going through the editing process Programming Scala.Note: You must RSVP with a real name so we can give your name to Aon security in order to enter the building after normal working hours. Please do so by noon so we can order Pizza. Thanks!

• The Chicago-Area Scala Enthusiasts (CASE) July Meetup

  16-17 Jul 2009 in Chicago, United States

  Our 5th meeting, at ThoughtWorks. Meeting Topic: 1) JavaOne and ScalaLiftOff Trip ReportLots of interesting stuff at these two conferences this month. I'll give you a rundown on what happened, including a brief description of what's coming in Scala v2.8. I summarized the changes for Scala v2.8 in a blog post after the Bay-Area Scala Enthusiasts meeting where Martin Odersky discusssed what's new.2) DSLs in Scala

• The Chicago-Area Scala Enthusiasts (CASE) June Meetup

  18-19 Jun 2009 in Chicago, United States

  Our 4th meeting, at ThoughtWorks. Meeting Topic: Functional Programming We're privileged to have Daniel Spiewak from the Great State of Wisconsin speaking this time. Daniel has been active in the Scala community for a while, among others. He'll correct all the lies I told you in our first three meetings. Don't miss it! Other short topics for discussion Ideas for a group project to learn Scala. Ask the experts: What questions do you have that need an answer?