ScalaQuest - The Scala Adventure

Embark on a journey through ScalaQuest, an innovative game-based approach to learning Scala, presented at Scala Days Copenhagen 2017. Discover how this unique educational tool aims to transform the Scala learning experience by battling goblins, wizards, and overcoming programming challenges. Explore the game's progression from basic classes to advanced concepts like variance and implicits. Gain insights into the development process, design decisions, and technical hurdles faced in creating ScalaQuest, particularly focusing on server-side compilation of user-submitted code while maintaining a responsive UI. Learn how this gamified approach could revolutionize team learning, potentially becoming a sanctioned work-hour activity for Scala skill development.

Intro
Why do you care?
Why do I care?
Computers
The internals
The difficulties
Affecting the virtual world
Hurry up!
Fixing stuff
Expanding stuff
Compressing code
Decorate
Compile
Step 4: Test