Cookbooks

This section of the documentation contains a set of recipes that show how to use Scala CLI in particular situations. The recipes are intended to provide a solution to the task at hand, but also without going into great detail.

For a more in-depth analysis, please check out our Guides.

To get started, try one of the cookbooks below:

Introductory cookbooks

• Picking the Scala version
• Picking the Java version
• Debugging with Scala CLI
• Filter the test suites to run
• Running scripts
• Scripts with instant startup
• Sharing and testing code with GitHub gists
• Use Scala CLI in GitHub Actions

Working with Scala CLI in IDEs

• Metals with VS Code
• IDEA IntelliJ
• Scala CLI alongside SBT in IDEA IntelliJ
• Multiple Scala CLI projects as separate modules in IDEA IntelliJ
• Scala CLI within Emacs

Packaging ⚡️

• Packaging Scala applications as executable files
• Packaging Scala applications as Docker images
• Packaging Scala applications as GraalVM native images