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<h1>The Big Learning Scala List</h1>

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    <li>The <b><a href="http://www.scala-lang.org/">official Scala site</a></b>, start at the <b><a href="http://www.scala-lang.org/node/1305">Learning Scala trail</a></b> or take a <b><a href="http://www.scala-lang.org/node/104">tour of Scala</a></b>.</li>
	<li><b><a href="http://www.getscala.com/">ScalaCourses.com</a></b> online self-study and instructor-led training for Scala and Play Framework.</li>
	<li><b><a href="http://www.artima.com/scalazine/articles/steps.html">First steps to Scala</a></b> by Bill Venners, Martin Odersky, and Lex Spoon.</li>
	<li><b><a href="http://www.artima.com/shop/programming_in_scala">The famous "staircase" Scala book</a></b>. Some sample chapters are available in PDF format.</li>
	<li>The <b><a href="http://programming-scala.labs.oreilly.com/">O'Reilly Scala book</a></b>, by Dean Wampler and Alex Payne. The entire contents are online !</li>
	<li>An alternative online <b><a href="http://www.naildrivin5.com/scalatour/wiki_pages/MainPage">tour of Scala</a></b></li>
	<li>Try out Scala programming <b><a href="http://www.simplyscala.com/">in your web browser</a></b>.</li>
	<li><b><a href="http://typesafe.com/">Typesafe/Akka</a></b>, the first offical enterprise stack offered by the creator's of Scala. </li>
	<li><b><a href="http://liftweb.net/">Lift</a></b>, a web application framework for Scala.</li>
	<li><b><a href="http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/x-scalaxml/index.html">Parsing XML</a></b> with Scala</li>
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If you want to talk with your fellow Scala programmers, you can join the Scala IRC channel: irc://irc.freenode.net/scala<br>
For any of you Dutch-speaking Scala enthusiasts out there, there is also a <b><a href"http://dutch-scala-enthusiasts.ning.com/">Dutch Scala user group</a></b></b>.
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