Noel Welsh

Results 79 issues of Noel Welsh

As part of the documentation rework I want to write a tutorial on basic use of http4s. I'm planning to use [ScalaBridge](https://github.com/scalabridgelondon/lesson-plans/blob/master/web/0-intro.md) material as the basis for this (and use...

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We use the term `syntax` in Creative Scala but do not define it. We should, given it is a fairly technical term.

As part of updating Creative Scala to Cats 1.1.0 the description of `|@|` need to change to `mapN`. This is in the generative art chapter.

Feedback from teaching a course is that the chapter on Lists, which introduces more pattern matching forms, is unclear. All the students struggled with the syntax for pattern matching. Clarify...

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Exercise has the solution inline (it should be wrapped in ``) *and* the exercise calls `cross` where it should recurse to itself.

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hackathon

Page 67 of the current draft. The boxes should be blue and should stacked using `above`. The exercise solution is also wrong.

bug
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All chapters need proof-reading. Any errors found should be fixed. Proof reading only needs to focus on grammatical errors, typos, and the like. The structure of the book doesn't need...

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hackathon

Add detailed installation instructions for both pathways (IntelliJ and Atom) and all platforms. Consider taking screenshots. Look at the ScalaBridge screenshots for example. Consider creating installation screencasts. - [ ]...

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Needs to explain why we've chosen Scala, and give background on Scala, FP, and the approach of the book.

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Impure code depends on all the prior code --> clarify we mean the *meaning* of impure code, as it depends on state, and the state depends on all prior code...

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