Dotty Support in IntelliJ IDEA

Explore the differences between Scala and Dotty, as well as the support for Dotty in the Scala plugin for IntelliJ IDEA in this conference talk from Scala Days Berlin 2016. Learn about the distinctions in type systems, implemented and upcoming language support features in IntelliJ IDEA, and gain insights into the build process and incremental compilation. Discover the motivation behind Dotty, its advantages and disadvantages, and future plans for this new Scala compiler. Engage with a comprehensive overview of creating plugins, understanding the importance of Dotty support, and strategies for handling questions related to this evolving technology.

Introduction
About me
Warmup
Announcement
Why is this important
Creating a dirty project
Creating a new plugin
Why we do this
Goals
Plugins
Type System
What is Dotty
Motivation
Advantages and disadvantages
Future plans
Questions
Question
Strategy