Scala 3 just got released! Heres whats new!

3 min readMay 15, 2021

Welcome back! Scala is a very powerful language used for tons of different things and we just got the next iteration of this language, Scala 3! I will be highlighting some of my favorite updates with this language, if you want to read their entire change-log check out their page down below:

Scala 3 is here!🎉🎉🎉

After 8 years of work, 28,000 commits, 7,400 pull requests, 4,100 closed issues - Scala 3 is finally out. Since the…

www.scala-lang.org

Luckily, Scala has given us a migration guide from Scala 2 to Scala 3 as well, if you want to begin migrating your code please use their guide below:

Compatibility Reference

Scala 3 is a game changer in terms of compatibility in the Scala ecosystem that will greatly improve the day-to-day…

docs.scala-lang.org

Let’s get started!

Syntax Updates

One of the first things the Scala team mentions are the new quite syntax within the language, there are also new optional braces, making it indentation sensitive, they also mention implicit(s) have been heavily revised: