# alexandru/scala-best-practices

A collection of Scala best practices

Repository: https://github.com/alexandru/scala-best-practices
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/scala-best-practices
License Family: other
Last push: 2022-11-09T16:59:04+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4335, "days_push": 1393, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4349, forks 613 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:46.272580+00:00)

## What it is
A curated collection of Scala coding best practices and style rules, organized as hygienic and language rules with MUST/SHOULD guidance. It serves as a reference document for writing idiomatic, safe Scala code.

## Use cases
- learn scala best practices
- scala style guide for my team
- avoid common scala mistakes like using null or var
- idiomatic scala coding conventions
- onboard new scala developers
- scala code review checklist

## When to choose
- you want a concise, opinionated set of Scala coding rules
- you are teaching or onboarding Scala developers
- you need a checklist for reviewing Scala code

## When to avoid
- you need an enforceable linter or formatter rather than prose guidelines
- you need up-to-date guidance for the latest Scala 3 features (content last updated 2016)
- you need official Scala documentation

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: documentation
- domain: programming-languages, tutorials, developer-tools
- platform: jvm, cross-platform
- tags: scala, best-practices, style-guide, functional-programming

## Member repositories
- alexandru/scala-best-practices (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:46.272580+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:21:32.964802+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/alexandru/scala-best-practices (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:46.272580+00:00, sha 35818b528d05)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.