An Introduction to Reactive Streams, Akka Streams and Akka HTTP for Enterprise Architects In this whitepaper by Lightbend, we introduce Architects to the concepts behind the Reactive Streams initiative and expose the inner workings and benefits of Akka Streams and Akka HTTP. Lightbend (@lightbend)

Frontend to Backend: Everything is on Scala using Play, Scala.js and ScalaCSS Continuation of the series, demonstrating integration with Play. Ayush Mishra (@ayushmishra2005)

Bridging C++ to Scala with BridJ You don't need to touch JNI/JNA to make your Scala code talk to C/C++. Discover Bridj. Andrew Ziegler

Announcing Scala.js 0.6.9 new js.Object { val x = 5 } is now the same as a JS object literal (at last) Scala.js contributors (@scala_js)

Strategic Scala Style: Practical Type Safety Learn why and how to avoid nulls, exceptions, type casting, and other unsafe constructs. Li Haoyi (@li_haoyi)

Painless, type-safe config file parsing with Macwire and Ficus How to get Macwire and Ficus happily working together to parse HOCON config files, in a type-safe manner. Mikołaj Koziarkiewicz

Migrating from Spray to Akka HTTP – Zalando Tech Blog It's high time. Follow these steps to enter the new, shiny world of Akka HTTP. Nikita Melkozerov (@meln1k)

The things we don't see Exploring the unseen worlds of Scala, Akka and Software in general. Konrad Malawski (@ktosopl)

Reactive Summit 2016 - Call For Proposals Apply if you'd like to speak in Austin, TX (October 4th & 5th) Reactive Summit

Scala Up North - Call for Presentations CFP ends May 14th. Apply if you'd like to speak in Quebec, Canada (August 5th & 6th) Scala Up North (@ScalaUpNorth)

Scala Days Berlin 2016 June 13th-17th. Use code "sponsorfriend" during checkout for $50 discount! Brought to you by silver sponsor - SoftwareMill. Scala Days

SI-2712-fix plugin Grab if you'd like to use SI-2712 with your Scala 2.11 code. Miles Sabin (@milessabin)

scanamo Simpler DynamoDB access for Scala Phil Wills (@philwills)

scala-commas A Scala compiler plugin that adds support for trailing commas. Andy Scott (@andygscott)

akka-http-docker A Docker client that is based on Akka HTTP. It's aim is to provide a Scala and Akka Streams-centric approach to interacting with Docker. Jon Brisbin (@j_brisbin)

test-state Test stateful stuff statelessly, and reasonably. David Barri (@japgolly)

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