Scala is not among the most popular programming languages but soon this could change. With a EUR 2.3 million grant from the European Research Council (ERC), the Scala team will double their efforts to ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. Here we begin a series of articles to look at Scala. Scala is a programming language that rides ...

Assembly language provides fine grain control. But it’s rarely used these days, with the exception of some operating-system hackers or 8-bit embedded programmers working on small modules. The ...

Scala is essentially the C++ of high level (ergo, memory managed) languages on the JVM. It supports many paradigms equally, and due to this, it has sacrificed the "simplicity" of the language. Even ...

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: Able to run on ...

Scala, a statically typed language running atop the Java Virtual Machine, is emerging as a development option for building Google Android applications. While developers already are aware of Java and ...

The first session I attended after lunch was Venkat Subramaniam‘s “Scala Tricks,” held in the Hilton Golden Gate 3/4/5 conference room area. This is the first session in which I switched my planned ...