--- title: Scala Creator Proposes ‘Lean Scala’ for Simpler Code description: Scala creator proposes 'Lean Scala' as a coding style that aims to make Scala code simple, understandable, concise, and expressive. Lean Scala focuses on Scala... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/scala-creator-proposes-lean-scala-for-simpler-code-9sjsecmgf twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Scala Creator Proposes ‘Lean Scala’ for Simpler Code | daily.dev og:description: Scala creator proposes 'Lean Scala' as a coding style that aims to make Scala code simple, understandable, concise, and expressive. Lean Scala focuses on Scala... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/scala-creator-proposes-lean-scala-for-simpler-code-9sjsecmgf og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/9sjsecmGf.png og:image:alt: Scala Creator Proposes ‘Lean Scala’ for Simpler Code og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Scala Creator Proposes ‘Lean Scala’ for Simpler Code **[The New Stack](https://daily.dev/sources/newstack)** · 5 min read · 6 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Scala creator proposes 'Lean Scala' as a coding style that aims to make Scala code simple, understandable, concise, and expressive. Lean Scala focuses on Scala 3 constructs and syntax, promotes the core language over embedded Domain-specific Languages (DSLs), and follows the Principle of Least Power. Writing lean code can be likened to lean technical prose. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#scala](https://daily.dev/tags/scala) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/scala-creator-proposes-lean-scala-for-simpler-code-9sjsecmgf) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Scala Creator Proposes ‘Lean Scala’ for Simpler Code","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/scala-creator-proposes-lean-scala-for-simpler-code-9sjsecmgf","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/scala-creator-proposes-lean-scala-for-simpler-code-9sjsecmgf"},"datePublished":"2024-04-17T17:19:57.870Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:39:06.345Z","description":"Scala creator proposes 'Lean Scala' as a coding style that aims to make Scala code simple, understandable, concise, and expressive. Lean Scala focuses on Scala...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/3e6fc96d74fd017de0d36ae4d352fd26?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/3e6fc96d74fd017de0d36ae4d352fd26?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The New Stack","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The New Stack","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/newstack","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/newstack"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/scala-creator-proposes-lean-scala-for-simpler-code-9sjsecmgf","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":6},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"scala","timeRequired":"PT5M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The New Stack","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/newstack"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Scala Creator Proposes ‘Lean Scala’ for Simpler Code"}]} ```