Improving IDE support for scala GSOC 2105

Hi everyone,

I am thinking to improve IDE support for Scala by pointing out improvements 
(inside code editor) that can help in writing better code. The main idea is 
inspired by what Resharper does for C# or IntelliJ/Netbeans does for Java 
8. Take a simple example where anonymous method can be replaced by lambda 
expression Idea IDE will point out that this method can written in more 
concise way.

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Similarly resharper points out many instances where single line LINQ can 
replace many lines of traditional code. 

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Similarly for Scala we can replace a pattern matching solution: (Example 
from 
http://reactive.xploregroup.be/blog/9/Scala-tips:-Improving-the-imperfect-part-1)

val result: Option[String] = person.contactDetails match {
  case Some(details) => details.address match {
    case Some(address) => address.street match {
      case Some(street) => Some(street.capitalize)
      case _ => None
    }
    case _ => None
  }
  case _ => None
}

with the flat map solution to get more concise code:

val result = person.contactDetails.flatMap { details =>
  details.address.flatMap { address =>
    address.street.map { street =>
      street.capitalize
    }
  }
}


But this is just the start we can have a look at other IDEs and think of our own ideas to 
improve the IDE support for Scala including bug fixes. So what do you guys think of this idea?
Is it suitable for GSOC?


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