Metaprogramming in Scala: the Past and the Present

In this talk, I will introduce the bleeding edge of metaprogramming utility for Scala.

Since scala.reflect was shipped along with scala 2.10, metaprogramming utility for scala evolved into scala.meta, and now it is moving toward scala.macros. Furthermore, a project named scalagen has been started to develop a novel static code generation tool. In this unforeseeing situation, we, as Scala programmers, are required to catch-up with the latest development status and to prepare for the forthcoming revolution. On the other hand, this big change offers us good opportunities to contribute to the core functionality of Scala. Even though it seems difficult to contribute the Scala compiler itself, there is a plenty of room for us to contribute to the Scala metaprogramming ecosystem.

Based upon a review of the history of scala metaprogramming, I’d like to discuss about how to improve our programming experience with metaprogramming,

Session length

40 minutes

Language of the presentation

Japanese

Target audience

Intermediate: Requires a basic knowledge of the area

Who is your session intended to

People who want to try metaprogramming using Scala
People who want to understand internal of libraries using metaprogramming
People who want to contribute to metaprogramming utilities

Speaker

Takeshi Itoh @iTakeshi (Robotic Biology Institute Inc., Nara Institute of Science And Technology)