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Typed ask for Akka
Akka is a great tool for writing distributed applications. One thing that always surprised me though is that while being based on Scala, which is a very type-safe language, the elementary ...
How could Scala do a merge sort?
Merge sort is a classical “divide and conquer” sorting algorithm. You should have to never write one because you’d be silly to do that when a standard library class ...
Lazy sequences in Scala and Clojure
Lazy sequences (also known as streams) are an interesting functional data structure which you might have never heard of. Basically lazy sequence is a list that is not fully known/computed ...
Advanced routing in Play Framework
We frequently get questions about how to meet all sorts of different routing needs in Play Framework. While the built in router is enough for most users, sometimes you may encounter ...
Scala traits implementation and interoperability. Part II: Traits linearization
This is a continuation of Scala traits implementation and interoperability. Part I: Basics. Dreadful diamond problem can be mitigated using Scala traits and a process called linearization. ...
WatchService combined with Akka actors
WatchService is a handy class that can notify you about any file system changes (create/update/delete of file) in a given set of directories. It is described nicely in the official ...
Becoming Acquainted with Scala
There are many touted benefits of the Scala programming language, especially for Java developers. Among others, Scala’s advertised strengths and advantages include the following:Runs ...
Synchronizing transactions with asynchronous events in Spring
Today as an example we will take a very simple scenario: placing an order stores it and sends an e-mail about that order: @Service class ...
Scala traits implementation and interoperability. Part I: Basics
Traits in Scala are similar to interfaces, but much more powerful. They allow implementations of some of the methods, fields, stacking, etc. But have you ever wondered how are they ...
FitNesse your ScalaTest with custom Scala DSL
This article won’t be about FitNesse. As matter of fact I don’t like this tool very much and it seems to be loosing momentum, judging by the traffic on an official mailing ...
