diff --git a/community/index.md b/community/index.md index 52135b31f..39387c125 100644 --- a/community/index.md +++ b/community/index.md @@ -4,16 +4,14 @@ title: Community --- - - -Developers in countries all over the world are using Scala for a large variety of applications across a broad range of industries. Popular ways to connect with the Scala community are via mailing lists or IRC channels, listed below. - -Though there are plenty of opportunities to connect face-to-face with others in the community-- for example, via local [Scala Meetups](http://scala.meetup.com/), or local [Scala user groups](http://scala.space/). +Popular ways to connect with the Scala community include mailing lists, chat rooms, user groups, and conferences. ## Mailing Lists -Scala has the following primary mailing lists. For those lists that existed before they were migrated to Google Groups, see the links for complete archives on Gmane. +Scala has the following primary mailing lists. + +The Scala mailing lists are covered by the [Scala Code of Conduct](http://docs.scala-lang.org/conduct.html). * **[Scala-User](http://groups.google.com/group/scala-user)**: the main forum for questions and discussions about the Scala programming ([Archive at Gmane](http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.scala.user)). In particular, newbie questions and programming experiences and questions should go to this list. * **[Scala-Language](http://groups.google.com/group/scala-language)**: the main forum for discussions and news about the Scala language ([Archive at Gmane](http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.scala)). @@ -32,22 +30,33 @@ Scala has the following primary mailing lists. For those lists that existed befo ([Archive at Gmane](http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.scala.xml)). * **[Scala-SIPs](http://groups.google.com/group/scala-sips)**: interest group devoted to the Scala Improvement Process (SIP) proposals. -## IRC +The "Archive at Gmane" links include messages predating the migration to Google Groups. + +## Chat Rooms -Chat Scala anytime on the [Scala IRC channel](http://webchat.freenode.net/?randomnick=1&channels=scala&prompt=1): `irc://irc.freenode.net/scala` +There are two main [Gitter](https://gitter.im) channels for Scala: + +* **[scala/scala/scala-user](https://gitter.im/scala/scala/scala-user)**: like the scala-user mailing list. Questions, general discussion, etc. +* **[scala/scala](https://gitter.im/scala/scala)**: like the scala-internals mailing list. For Scala contributors to discuss language internals. + +IRC users can chat about Scala anytime on the [Scala IRC channel](http://webchat.freenode.net/?randomnick=1&channels=scala&prompt=1): `irc://irc.freenode.net/scala` ## User Groups Find your local Scala user group on [Scala Space](http://scala.space/). -## StackOverflow +## Conferences + +See our [events page](/events/). + +## Stack Overflow -Scala is an active topic on StackOverflow [Scala on StackOverflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/scala), a programmer Q&A site. +Scala is an active [topic on Stack Overflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/scala), a very popular programmer Q&A site. ## Other Community-Powered Resources -* [Community Wiki](https://wiki.scala-lang.org/display/SW/Welcome+to+the+Scala+Wiki%21) * [Scala School](http://twitter.github.com/scala_school/) * [Effective Scala](http://twitter.github.com/effectivescala/) * [Scala Puzzlers](http://scalapuzzlers.com/) * [Interactive Tour](http://scalatutorials.com/tour) +* [Awesome Scala](https://github.com/lauris/awesome-scala)