I had a great experience with Scala and hopefully it will get more popular

1. kotlinx.collections.immutable

   1 11 1,406 5.7 Kotlin

   Immutable persistent collections for Kotlin

   

   So does Java! Also, kotlinx.collections is still not stable and I don't think they are intending to make it so any time soon.

2. SaaSHub

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   SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

   

3. sbt-jib

   2 3 152 4.9 Scala

   sbt version of sbt jib: https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/jib

   

   I have been using https://github.com/sbt-jib/sbt-jib for some time now, it makes building images very easy.

4. Persistent Collection

   3 4 784 7.1 Java

   A Persistent Java Collections Library

   

   So does Java! Also, kotlinx.collections is still not stable and I don't think they are intending to make it so any time soon.

5. sbt-native-packager

   4 5 1,607 6.8 Scala

   sbt Native Packager

   

   once you outgrow scala-cli, you should know sbt has a lot of plugins ( some might say it's ecosystem is the only thing keeping it relevant....) like sbt-native-packager which again does the heavy lifting for you

6. ZIO

   5 66 4,389 9.7 Scala

   ZIO — A type-safe, composable library for async and concurrent programming in Scala

   

   scala has 2 healthy and pretty complete lib ecosystems : check out typelevel and ZIO. Both are FP oriented, which might not be your cup of tea at first glance but I would encourage you to try em out ! Softest introduction would be to start with the typelevel cats library and build up from there. The excellent Scala with Cats will ease you softly into an FP mindset. It's a bit dated and for scala 2 only but translating to Scala 3 is a very good exercise if you feel so inclined !

7. scala3-seed.g8

   6 1 33 7.8 Scala

   A giter8 template for getting started with Scala 3.

   

   now you might ask : what plugin use to do X ? Where do I find them ? Well, maybe you don't ! Sbt can use g8 ( giter8 ) templates to boostrap projects. The official ones can be a bit bare, but anyone can make their own. Try this one from DevInsideYou for example. He also has a YouTube channel which I would highly recommend. If you look around a bit, you'll find a lot of those setup with libs, boilerplate and sometimes even Github Actions CI/CD pipelines

8. awesome-scala

   7 2 9,216 6.9 Python

   A community driven list of useful Scala libraries, frameworks and software.

   

   last, resources :) if you are still missing something, try looking on the Scaladex or Scala list of awesome which also links to lot of learning material

9. scala-cli

   8 40 634 9.7 Scala

   Scala CLI is a command-line tool to interact with the Scala language. It lets you compile, run, test, and package your Scala code (and more!)

   

   sbt can indeed be a bit harsh for beginners. If your aim is not to build a big project, you might want to use scala-cli instead : no complex build script, only command line goodness to run, test, compile and package your code. Yes it supports dockerization. No need for a dockerfile.

10. scaladex

    9 3 220 6.6 Scala

    The Scala Package Index

    

    last, resources :) if you are still missing something, try looking on the Scaladex or Scala list of awesome which also links to lot of learning material

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