Well, in my humble opinion, I believe most people that choose scala, thinking of it "the better java" usually gets frustrated, especially when they start off using the "cool" stuff people say on twitter.
Tbh, I've been programming in scala for 5 or 6 years now and have never worked with "proper" FP libraries like cats or zio. All the companies I've been working with, have used the lightbend stack, so basically play framework, which is easy to learn for someone coming from java/spring and the most different, Akka streams.
One day one of my java colleagues started an argument saying scala was too complex etc etc. I asked based on which code? He mentioned scalaz. So tell me what the hell someone who has never programmed in scala before was doing looking at scalaz code? No wonder why a novice would think of it.
The bottom line is that if you are new to scala and/or has no experienced developer nearby but still want to try out scala, just stick with the standard library and use play for your rest services. When you are confident enough with the language, if interested, have a look at the FP libraries.
Tbh, I've been programming in scala for 5 or 6 years now and have never worked with "proper" FP libraries like cats or zio. All the companies I've been working with, have used the lightbend stack, so basically play framework, which is easy to learn for someone coming from java/spring and the most different, Akka streams.
One day one of my java colleagues started an argument saying scala was too complex etc etc. I asked based on which code? He mentioned scalaz. So tell me what the hell someone who has never programmed in scala before was doing looking at scalaz code? No wonder why a novice would think of it.
The bottom line is that if you are new to scala and/or has no experienced developer nearby but still want to try out scala, just stick with the standard library and use play for your rest services. When you are confident enough with the language, if interested, have a look at the FP libraries.