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Add page “teach”
Also add a blog article announcing the publication of the page. Add a link from the front page to the “teach” page.
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‎_data/teachers.yml

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- name: Bartosz Balis
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institution: AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
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location:
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longitude: 19.9136192
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latitude: 50.0668858
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- name: Björn Regnell
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institution: Lund University, Sweden
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location:
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longitude: 13.203493
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latitude: 55.7119483
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- name: Jim Newton
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institution: EPITA, France
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location:
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longitude: 2.3551565
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latitude: 48.7979973
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- name: Jonathan Brächthaeuser
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institution: Tübingen University, Germany
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location:
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longitude: 9.04158
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latitude: 48.5294782
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- name: Lalit Pant
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institution: Kogics, India
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location:
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longitude: 77.9469233
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latitude: 30.3254097
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- name: Laurent Moccozet
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institution: Université de Genève, Switzerland
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location:
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longitude: 6.1429217
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latitude: 46.199444
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- name: Lionel Parreaux
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institution: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
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location:
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longitude: 114.2632715
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latitude: 22.3363998
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- name: Mark Lewis
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institution: Trinity University, United States
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location:
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longitude: -98.4855322
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latitude: 29.4618769
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- name: Martin Odersky
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institution: École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
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location:
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longitude: 6.5600475
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latitude: 46.5185825
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- name: Michał Kowalczkiwicz
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institution: University of Wrocław, Poland
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location:
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longitude: 17.0322743
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latitude: 51.1140086
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- name: Michel Schinz
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institution: École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
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location:
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longitude: 6.5654067
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latitude: 46.5189865
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- name: Nastaran Fatemi
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institution: Haute École d’Ingénierie et de Gestion du canton de Vaud, Switzerland
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location:
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longitude: 6.6571205
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latitude: 46.7792436
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- name: Philip Haller
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institution: KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
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location:
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longitude: 18.0680626
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latitude: 59.3498706
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- name: Roman Debski
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institution: AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
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location:
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longitude: 19.9149496
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latitude: 50.0689793
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- name: Sukyoung Ryu
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institution: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea
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location:
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longitude: 127.358196
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latitude: 36.3721427

‎_includes/teachers-map.html

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{% comment %}
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Renders the teachers list to a map.
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{% endcomment %}
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<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/dist/leaflet.css" integrity="sha512-hoalWLoI8r4UszCkZ5kL8vayOGVae1oxXe/2A4AO6J9+580uKHDO3JdHb7NzwwzK5xr/Fs0W40kiNHxM9vyTtQ==" crossorigin="" />
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<script src="https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/dist/leaflet.js" integrity="sha512-BB3hKbKWOc9Ez/TAwyWxNXeoV9c1v6FIeYiBieIWkpLjauysF18NzgR1MBNBXf8/KABdlkX68nAhlwcDFLGPCQ==" crossorigin=""></script>
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<div id="teachers-map" style="height: 400px"></div>
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<script>
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const map = L.map('teachers-map').setView([0, 0], 1);
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L.tileLayer('https://{s}.tile.openstreetmap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png', {
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maxZoom: 19,
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attribution: '© OpenStreetMap'
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}).addTo(map);
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L.geoJSON([
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{% for teacher in site.data.teachers %}
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{
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"type": "Feature",
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"geometry": {
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"type": "Point",
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"coordinates": [{{ teacher.location.longitude }}, {{ teacher.location.latitude }}]
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},
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"properties": {
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"popupContent": "{{ teacher.name }} at {{ teacher.institution }}."
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}
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},
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{% endfor %}
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], {
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onEachFeature: function (feature, layer) {
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if (feature.properties && feature.properties.popupContent) {
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layer.bindPopup(feature.properties.popupContent);
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}
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}
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}).addTo(map);
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</script>

‎_scala_items/7-education.md

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shortTitle: "Ideal for teaching"
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shortDescription: "Scala is ideal for teaching programming to beginners as well as for teaching advanced software engineering courses."
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---
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<div class="wrap">
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<div class="scala-text scala-text-large">
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<h3>Readable and Polyvalent</h3>
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<p>
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Most of the concepts involved in software design directly map
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into Scala constructs. The concise syntax of Scala allows the teachers
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and the learners to focus on those interesting concepts without dealing
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with tedious low-level implementation issues.
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</p>
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<p>
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The example in file <code>HelloWorld.scala</code> below shows how a “hello
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world” program looks like in Scala. In <code>Modeling.scala</code>, we show an
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example of structuring the information of a problem domain in Scala. In
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<code>Modules.scala</code>, we show how to use classes to implement
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software modules. Last, in <code>Algorithms.scala</code>, we show how the
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standard Scala collections can be leveraged to implement algorithms with
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few lines of code.
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</p>
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<p>
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Learn more in the dedicated page about
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<a href="{% link teach.md %}">Teaching</a>.
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</p>
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</div>
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<div class="scala-code">
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<div class="code-element">
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<div class="bar-code"><span>HelloWorld.scala</span></div>
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<pre><code>@main def run() = println("Hello, World!")</code></pre>
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</div>
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<div class="code-element">
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<div class="bar-code"><span>Modules.scala</span></div>
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<pre><code>// A module that can access the data stored in a database
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class DatabaseAccess(connection: Connection):
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def readData(): Seq[Data] = ???
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// An HTTP server, which uses the `DatabaseAccess` module
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class HttpServer(databaseAccess: DatabaseAccess):
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// The HTTP server can call `readData`, but it cannot
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// access the underlying database connection, which is
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// an implementation detail
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databaseAccess.readData()</code></pre>
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</div>
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</div>
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<div class="scala-code">
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<div class="code-element">
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<div class="bar-code"><span>Modeling.scala</span></div>
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<pre><code>/** A Player can either be a Bot, or a Human.
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* In case it is a Human, it has a name.
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*/
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enum Player:
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case Bot
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case Human(name: String)</code></pre>
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</div>
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<div class="code-element">
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<div class="bar-code"><span>Algorithms.scala</span></div>
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<pre><code>// Average number of contacts a person has according to age
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def contactsByAge(people: Seq[Person]): Map[Int, Double] =
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people
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.groupMap(
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person => person.age
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)(
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person => person.contacts.size
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)
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.map((age, contactCounts) =>
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val averageContactCount =
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contactCounts.sum.toDouble / contactCounts.size
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(age, averageContactCount)
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)</code></pre>
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‎blog/_posts/2022-07-28-teach-programming-with-scala.md

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layout: blog-detail
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post-type: blog
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by: Julien Richard-Foy (Scala Center)
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title: "Teach Programming with Scala"
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Scala is more than a great programming language for building software.
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It is also a great tool for teaching programming!
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We are happy to announce that we have published a [new page][teach] on the
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website to explain the benefits of using Scala to teach programming, and to
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show a map of the universities who use Scala around the world (also shown below).
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{% include teachers-map.html %}
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*Teachers who use Scala in their course.*
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## Motivation
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Since Scala embraces several programming paradigms, it can be used to introduce
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many important concepts involved in computational thinking, from the most basic
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ones to the most advanced ones. It is suitable to teach programming to
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beginners, as well as to teach advanced software engineering courses.
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However, until now it was not easy to know which institutions use Scala. This
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information can be useful for students, PhD candidates, teachers looking for
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possible teaching connections, and companies interested in hiring new Scala
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developers.
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## Teach with Scala
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In the new [“Teach”][teach] page, we explain why we think Scala is a great tool
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for teaching programming, with evidence from several teachers around the world:
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- Scala supports multiple programming paradigms, which helps compare and contrast
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different solutions to programming problems,
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- Scala is expressive: students can focus on the intent of their program without
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being distracted by low-level concerns or syntactic noise,
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- Thanks to its type system, the Scala compiler helps the students to find bugs
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before run-time,
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- Scala’s constructs are regular and principled,
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- Best practices are the norm (e.g., limited usage of `null`),
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- Scala runs on the JVM and on JS runtimes,
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- Scala’s ecosystem is large, and it can leverage the JVM and JS ecosystems,
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- Scala is versatile, it can be used to build many kinds of programs.
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The page also shows a map of teachers who use Scala in their courses.
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Finally, it provides several pointers to educational material.
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## Join the Movement
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We welcome all the teachers who use Scala to [contribute] to this page by:
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- adding themselves to the map of teachers,
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- refining the content,
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- providing testimonials, such as a single short sentence that summarizes
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why you like using Scala to teach, or a sentence about a specific aspect
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of the language that works well for you.
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as teachers.
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[teach]: {% link teach.md %}
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[community]: https://teachers.scala-lang.org
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[contribute]: mailto:[email protected]?subject=Teaching

‎community/index.md

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* [Awesome Scala](https://index.scala-lang.org/awesome) is "a community driven list of useful Scala libraries, frameworks and software"
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