Borachio is a mock object library for Scala that supports both mock objects and mock functions.

Unsure about when to adopt a new technology? Do you think your old technology is "safer"? Maybe ... or perhaps sticking with it offers risks of its own. This article discusses some of the benefits of adopting Scala rather than staying with Java.

Jonas Bonér, the lead developer of Akka, discusses the goals of Akka and the recent Akka 1.0 release.

In this installment of a series of articles on the latest Scala release, Scala 2.8, Martin Odersky and Lex Spoon explain how the collections library was redesigned in 2.8, and how to extend the library with new collection types.

The third installment of a series of articles on the latest Scala release, Scala 2.8, Jon Pretty describes Scala 2.8's support for named and default parameters.

The third installment of a series of articles on the latest Scala release, Scala 2.8, Martin Odersky explains package objects.

The second installment of a series of articles on the latest Scala release, Scala 2.8, Martin Odersky explains how and why packages and imports have changed in 2.8.

In the first of a series of articles on the latest Scala release, Scala 2.8, Martin Odersky discusses the new collections API.

This article describes a Scala design pattern in which traits provide stackable modifications to underlying core classes or traits.

This article describes a simple Scala design pattern that allows library designers to provide services that their clients can access either through mixins or imports. Giving users a choice between mixin composition and importing makes a library easier to use.

In this final installment of a four part interview, Scala's designer Martin Odersky talks with Bill Venners and Frank Sommers about the mechanics and purpose of pattern matching in Scala.

Martin Odersky talks with Bill Venners and Frank Sommers about the design motivations behind Scala's type system.

Martin Odersky talks with Bill Venners and Frank Sommers about the compromises and most important goals in Scala's design, its object-oriented innovations, and what's in it for you.

Martin Odersky talks with Bill Venners about the history that led to the creation of the Scala programming language.

Learning a new programming language sometimes influences how you code in other languages, too. In this essay, Bill Venners shares how learning Scala influenced his programming style.

In this interview, three Twitter developers, Steve Jenson, Alex Payne, and Robey Pointer, talk with Bill Venners about their use of Scala in production at Twitter.