Escalate Scala Training - Setup Instructions (Udemy.com)

The versions of intelliJ on the course is out of date so not clear where I need to configure things, and I am receiving "extracting structure failed: Build status: Error" despite following the instructions as best I can.

Good and quick setup video. Got everything on the first try, however I would understand if people without a background in Tech working with a different OS could find it hard to keep up as the instructor moves pretty fast.

There was a part where you run the sbt clean compile, and he says if all works fine, go on to the next--but it didn't work fine. It complained about a missing dependency that it couldn't download. I just reran it and it worked the second time (thankfully). Other than that it was pretty good.

The steps required for the setup process is clearly explained. But what happens if the step does not go well? What are some of the errors and how can they be resolved? For example, when I run 'sbt sbtversion', I get an error about Jansi dependencies not being successfully received. Is there an alternative? Or what can be done?

The only moment, when things went out of control for me was the import of the first exercise. For some reason I wasn't able to run it - first because of sbt settings (I had to check the "use sbt shell for build and import" option), differing in the new version of IntelliJ, and then because I had to specify the run/debug configuration (it should be of "Scala Test" type). Other than that, I really enjoyed the course and I hope I will learn more on the next levels.

Liked the way Set up is explained. But more on Linux. I wanted it to be Windows. I need to spend a few minutes more to map with the application with the platform. Another thing was iDEA. The latest version took me to different and settings were not match with the explanation. So I moved to 14.1.4. Overall the experience is good. I am little disappointed since I could not find the Flight02 example in resources to understand what is explained in the course.

Everything was great. He was more heavy on Linux commands than Windows. Instead of a symbolic link, I just needed to edit my Environment PATH variable and that took a little figuring out. Otherwise really informative.

Original review: Course content is a little out-dated, but the course author still responds to course questions quickly. Updated review: I'm thrilled to discover that the course content has been updated beyond typesafe activator. Dick is an engaging instructor and I'm looking forward to find that the other Stairway to Scala courses have been updated as well.

Very clear and useful. However, I ran into some issues that I was able to resolve buy searching out there. (And I found activator to be deprecated I assumed in lieu of set, so that part of the setup should be updated accordingly.)

If you don't know about scala and Intellij IDEA then, go for it. It starts from the from the first step and then takes you further. Good explanation though could have been the best explanation if it was not so boring. As the title of the tutorial says, it only talks about the setup part. If you are new to scala and don't know anything about sbt and Activator then you should probably watch it. Anyways it's for free, you can't expect much.