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+# How to Learn Scala
+
+- [[how to]] [[learn]] [[scala]]
+  - [[by]] [[s5bug]]
+  - [[quote]] first, learn scala itself:
+    - getting started: https://docs.scala-lang.org/getting-started/index.html
+    - tour of scala: https://docs.scala-lang.org/tour/tour-of-scala.html
+    - scala book: https://docs.scala-lang.org/overviews/scala-book/introduction.html
+    - essential scala https://underscore.io/books/essential-scala
+    - programming in scala (4th ed.) by martin odersky
+    - online tutorial: https://www.scala-exercises.org/scala_tutorial/terms_and_types
+    - stdlib exercises: https://www.scala-exercises.org/std_lib/asserts
+  - [[quote]] then learn fp:
+    - functional programming in scala (2014) by chiusano and bjarnason
+      - scala with cats https://scalawithcats.com/
+      - herding cats: http://eed3si9n.com/herding-cats
+      - exercises: https://www.scala-exercises.org/cats/semigroup
+  - [[quote]] further resources:
+    - cats website: https://typelevel.org/cats
+    - cats-effect website: https://typelevel.org/cats-effect (IO monad for scala)
+    - fs2 streaming (for streaming + control flow): https://fs2.co/
+    - http4s for http-ing: https://http4s.org/
+    - category theory for programmers: https://github.com/hmemcpy/milewski-ctfp-pdf
+
+
+
+[//begin]: # "Autogenerated link references for markdown compatibility"
+[scala]: scala "Scala"
+[s5bug]: s5bug "S5bug"
+[quote]: quote "Quote"
+[//end]: # "Autogenerated link references"
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   - [[nodes]] are now color coded:
     - [[dark violet]] for the [[primary node]], that is, any subnodes that match the wikilink you're at most precisely.
     - [[dark grey]] for [[pulled]] and [[pushed]] nodes and subnodes.
+- [[scala]]
 
 ## [[done]]
 - [[onboarded]] [[lord enki]]
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+# Scala
+
+- [[pull]] [[how to learn scala]]