An anonymous class example in Scala
Sometimes I get away from writing Scala for a while, and when I come back to it I see a piece of code that looks like this following example and I wonder, “What is Foo, and how does this code...
View ArticleA Java tuple class
After working with Scala for a long time, I had to come back to Java for a while to work on an Android app. Right away I missed a lot of things from the Scala world, including all of the built-in Scala...
View ArticleHow to use multiple generators in Scala 'for' expressions (loops)
A cool thing about Scala for loops — what I’ll more-accurately call for expressions in this article — is that you can have multiple generators. What’s also very cool about them is how they work.For...
View ArticleScala - Reassignable variables and properties (def fields)
Sadly, I had to get away from Scala for a while, but now I can get back to it again. Just as I started getting back into it I happened upon the following code, and thought, “Well, surely title in this...
View ArticleHow curried functions and partially-applied functions compile in Scala
This morning I was curious about how Scala curried functions and partially-applied functions are really compiled at a bytecode level. Earlier this morning I made this post that Higher order functions...
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Typesafe => Lightbend
I was just about to call it a night, and then I saw that Typesafe has been renamed to Lightbend. You can read about the mutable name change here on the Lightbend website.read more
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How to have resilient code that scales (Jamie Allen, Lightbend)
This was a nice Twitter post by Jamie Allen of Lightbend (nee Typesafe) about how to create applications that scale and are resilient. (There might be a misspelling on #2. :)(Image from this Twitter...
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Free online course: Scala for Data Science
In another announcement today (March 8, 2016), Lightbend introduced a free online course named Scala for Data Science, at BigDataUniversity.com.read more
View ArticleRecursion, Stacks, and Stack Frames
I don’t have a publisher yet, but this is a chapter from my new book, which is about Scala and functional programming. This is an early lesson in the book that is sandwiched between two other lessons...
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Scala: A “most loved” language and top-paying tech job
A Stack Overflow survey of over 50,000 developers shows that Scala is a “most loved” programming language, and a top-paying tech job.read more
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Editing a book is brutal
Writing a book is hard. Editing is brutal.This is was a page from my new book on Scala and functional programming.read more
View ArticleExplaining Scala’s `val` function syntax
This is an excerpt from my forthcoming book on Scala and Functional Programming. It’s an appendix that “explains and explores” Scala’s function syntax.read more
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Scala’s types of types
If you ever want to learn more about Scala “types,” this page about Scala’s types of types is a good reference.read more
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Bla Bla Microservices Bla Bla (presentation transcript)
Here’s a link to the transcript of Jonas Bonér’s talk, Bla Bla Microservices Bla Bla.read more
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Learning Scala can get you a significantly higher salary
A website named payscale.com says this about learning Scala: “Depending on your line of work, there are certain in-demand skills that — should you possess them — can equate to a bump in pay compared to...
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