Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Pattern Matching

Explore the intricacies of Scala's pattern matching in this 46-minute conference talk from Scala Days New York 2016. Delve into the mechanics behind this popular feature, addressing common questions and misconceptions. Learn about constant patterns, case classes, extractors, and sequence matching operators like "::" and "+:". Gain insights into efficiency considerations and discover how to create custom extractors. Perfect for Scala developers looking to deepen their understanding of pattern matching and its underlying principles.

Introduction
Constant Pattern
Common Mistakes
Metric
Minutes Hours
Pattern Matching
Plus It Takes
Apply
Double colon
Plus colon
Pattern match
Case classes
Companion objects
Using fields directly
Using variables
Lookups
Summary