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### Performance work
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Over the last few weeks, we have begun work on improving compilation bit by bit
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with some good results:
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compiling [https://github.com/dotty-staging/scalapb](scalapb) is now 20% faster
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compiling [ScalaPB](https://github.com/dotty-staging/scalapb) is now 20% faster
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than with Dotty 0.3.0-RC2. You can follow along our progress on
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http://dotty-bench.epfl.ch/.
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## How can you try it out?
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We ship with tools that help you try out the Dotty platform:
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- [IDE features for Visual Studio Code](http://dotty.epfl.ch/docs/usage/ide-support.html)
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- [sbt support, including retro-compatibility with Scala 2](https://github.com/lampepfl/dotty-example-project)
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You have several alternatives; use the `sbt-dotty` plugin, get a standalone
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installation, or try it online on [Scastie].
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## Trying out Dotty
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### Scastie
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[Scastie], the online Scala playground, supports Dotty.
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This is an easy way to try Dotty without installing anything.
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### sbt
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Using sbt 0.13.13 or newer, do:
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[example project](https://github.com/lampepfl/dotty-example-project).
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### IDE support
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It is very easy to start using the Dotty IDE in any Dotty project by following
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the [IDE guide](http://dotty.epfl.ch/docs/usage/ide-support.html).
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Releases are available for download on the _Releases_
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### Scastie
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[Scastie], the online Scala playground, supports Dotty.
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You can try it out there without installing anything.
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## What are the next steps?
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Over the coming weeks and months, we plan to work on the following topics:
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- [Add Language-level support for HMaps and HLists](https://github.com/lampepfl/dotty/pull/2199);
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- Upstream more optimizations from Dotty Linker
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## Questions / Reporting Bugs
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## Let us know what you think!
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If you have questions or any sort of feedback, feel free to send us a message on our
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[Gitter channel](https://gitter.im/lampepfl/dotty). If you encounter a bug, please
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## Library authors: Join our community build
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Dotty now has a set of libraries that are built against every nightly snapshot.
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Currently this includes scalatest, squants and algebra.
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Currently this includes ScalaPB, algebra, scalatest, scopt and squants.
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Join our [community build](https://github.com/lampepfl/dotty-community-build)
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[@nicolasstucki]: https://github.com/nicolasstucki
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[@liufengyun]: https://github.com/liufengyun
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[@OlivierBlanvillain]: https://github.com/OlivierBlanvillain
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[@OlivierBlanvillain]: https://github.com/OlivierBlanvillain
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[@biboudis]: https://github.com/biboudis
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[@biboudis]: https://github.com/biboudis
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[@allanrenucci]: https://github.com/allanrenucci

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