Scala offers functional and object-oriented programming, a modern compiler and a type system checked at compile time, as in Java, but with the expressive syntax of (usually) interpreted languages ...

Citing a need to be able to respond faster to events, and disappointment in the feature set and timeframe for Java 7, the team behind guardian.co.uk is using Scala as an alternative to Java for ...

Scala, a trendy object-oriented and functional language for the Java Virtual Machine, is now aligned with Java 8, the latest release of the standard Java platform.

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 ...

Infrastructure architect's email to Scala execs points out pitfalls and breakthroughs of adopting a young programming language.

Obviously a JVM stack developer is going to know Java. But in this world of polyglot programming, knowing a bit of JavaScript, Ruby and Scala as well is a must. In fact, it might even make you a ...

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Lightbend survey reveals Scala developers are outpacing Java developers when it comes to microservices adoption, they're embracing cloud-native more strongly, and devs from both camps think containers ...

The company is billing the new version of Typesafe Stack as a comprehensive platform for building both Scala and Java applications 'that can scale to the largest workloads in cloud computing and ...